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What made Constantinople an ideal location?
trading along the seas
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Who moved the capital of the empire to Byzantium?
Constantine
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What is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church called?
pope
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What event in 1182 sparked a rivalry between Italians & Greeks for control of trade in the Eastern Mediterranean?
Massacre of the Latins
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Where is the Arabian Peninsula?
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200
What trade item was important in the Byzantine Empire?
Silk
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Who simplified Roman laws?
Justinian I
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What 2 branches of the church came because of a disagreement over the religion of the southern part of the Byzantine Empire?
Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church
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What disease spread through Europe due to fleas?
Black Death/Bubonic Plague
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Where Is Constantinople?
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300
What 3 names have been given to the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul
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First female ruler of Byzantium and called the Second council of Nicaea?
Empress Irene
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Faith of the Roman Empire before Christianity
Roman Paganism
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Which Crusade destroyed much of Constantinople & weakened Byzantium?
4th
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400
Which culture made up the majority population in Constantinople?
Greeks
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Justinian's wife who helped him rule
Theodora
400
What 2 challenges did early Christians face in the Byzantine Empire?
Persecution, false teachers
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Church council that attempted to restore unity between Eastern & Western Christians
Council of Florence
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500
What are 3 things that protected Byzantium from invaders?
location on a peninsula, Theodosian walls, Byzantine military prowess
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General who helped Justinian retake lost Roman provinces
Belisarius
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Give 2 differences between Islam and Christianity
1 god vs. 1 God existing in 3 persons
Jesus only a prophet vs. Jesus being both fully God and man
Eternity in heaven not guaranteed vs. assurance of salvation
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Which people group eventually took the city of Constantinople ending the Byzantine Era
Turks
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