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Byzantine Empire also known as...
Eastern Roman Empire
Constantinople- Capital of the ___________ Empire
Byzantine
Constantinople - where the East meets the West; ___________, strategic location
Bosphorous
Justinian-________ of Byzantine Empire
Emperor
Justinian- restored the Roman Empire but in the East; reorganized ___________ Law
Roman
Eastern __________ Religion- Byzantine Church
Orthodox
Hagia Sophia- Church of “__________”
Holy Wisdom
Icons-used by Orthodox church; somewhat __________
Idolatrous
Dome Structures- feature of the __________ Architecture
Byzantine
Byzantine Secret Weapon- _________
Greek Fire
Constantinople’s commercial rival- _________
Venice
7th Century Threat to the Byzantine Empire- ________ Muslims
Arab
Battle of Manzikert- _______ Turks annihilate the Byzantine army in Asia Minor
Seljuk
Ottoman Turks- captured _________ in 1453; ended the __________ Empire
(captured) Constantinople
(ended) Byzantine (Empire)
Russia- gets its name from the _______ “rus” meaning “rowers” or “seafarers”
Slavic
Slavs- Native early Russian people; largest _______ to settle there
group
Cyril and Methodius- Byzantine __________ who gave the _______ people their written language
missionary brothers;
Slavic Russian
Varangians- Swedish _________ who settled and controlled early Russia/Slavs
Norsemen
Rurik- established first ruling dynasty in _________
Russia
Vladimir I- established the __________ Church as the Russian religion
Eastern Orthodox
_______ - center of early Russian culture and economic development
Kiev
Islam- “___________ to Allah”
Submission
Muslim- “____________ to Allah”
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Author
gberkemeyer
ID
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WorldHistSem1Page1
Description
World History Semester 1 Page 1
Updated
2010-12-14T03:16:30Z
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