Middle ages
Rome's fall brought about
the middle ages
A continuation of the eastern half of the Roman empire, The byzantine survived for another _____ years.
The empire continued to be all
powerfull
One of the greatest achievments of the
byzantine empire
This man seized power in 751
Pepin/Martels son
Byzantium is a _____ city
The Byzantine saw themselves continuing the _____ empire.
Roman
Was Constantinople in the east, west, or south
east
some laws were relating to
religion
The ____ established the largest of the new Germanic kingdoms in what is now ____
Franks, France
Europe
Why was the constant pole vulnerable?
it was surrounded by water on 3 sides
Most of the population spoke
greek
What did Emperor Justinian do with the existing Roman laws?
organized them into a single code
Who helped unite the Franks
Charles Martel, a powerful nobleman
The Constantinople was surrounded by water on _ sides
three
The Constantinople was located strategically on the
Bosporus
What was the official language before it was greek
Latin
This code required all people in the empire to
be in the eastern orthodox faith
What did Pepin have to march over in order to take control of northern Italy
The alps
The capital of the Roman empire was changed from Rome to ______
Byzantium
The byzantine empire lasted from
330-1453
____ Christians did not recognize the pope as the head of the church
orthodox
The code listed laws and _____ on each subject
opinions
Who stopped the advance of Islam from Spain coming into France
The Battle of Tours, Martel