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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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WorldHistSem1Page1

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World History Semester 1 Page 1

Updated

2010-12-14T03:16:30Z

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