Constantinople
Emperor
Art & Architecture
Schism
Potpouri
100
Landform that Constantinople was located.
What is a peninsula?
100
Most influential Byzantine Emperor.
Who is Justinian?
100
Byzantine domed church - best example of Byzantine architecture.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
100
Seat of power in the Western Christian Church.
What is Rome?
100
Group of people responsible for spreading Byzantine culture to Russia and Eastern Europe.
Who are missionaries?
200
Constantine's central location was key for this economic activity.
What is trade. (Crossroads for trade)
200
Byzantine Emperor's had this amount of control over the people of the Byzantine Empire
What is absolute control? (Autocratic rulers)
200
Artwork that is made from small peices of broken glass or stone.
What is a mosaic?
200
Clergy are allowed to marry in this type of Christianity.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity (Greek Orthodox)?
200
The Byzantine Empire was known for preserving this culture.
What is Greco-Roman culture?
300
The two cultures that were centered in Constantinople.
What are Greek and Roman (Greco-Roman)
300
Justinian's contribution to law of Western civilizations.
What is codification of Roman law? (Justinian's Code)
300
Subject for nearly all Byzantine artwork.
What are religious images?
300
Latin is used in this type of Christianity.
What is Roman Catholic (Western Christians)?
300
He was a Byzantine monk who was responsible for adopting the Greek alphabet for Slavic languages.
Who is St. Cyril?
400
Constantinople was the center (seat of power) for this type of Christianity.
What is Orthodox Christianity?
400
Justinian did this for trade in the Byzantine Empire.
What is expanded trade.
400
Religous images that were known to be controversial
What are Icons?
400
Patriarch of Constantinople.
Who is the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church?
400
They conquered the Byzantine Empire in 1453 AD
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
500
Narrow body of water that separates Constantinople from Asia Minor.
What is the Bosporus Strait?
500
Justinian's expansionist goals
What is re-conquering the lands of the former Roman Empire?
500
The destruction of icons or iconoclasm was practiced here
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church
500
Language of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is Greek?
500
Trade routes between these two seas is an example of how Byzantine culture spread to Russia and Eastern Europe.
What are the Black and Baltic Seas?
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