Vocabulary
This word means conquer.
I first moved the capital of the empire to Byzantium.
Who is Constantine?
What is a jihad?
A belief or principle of a group of people.
What is doctrine?
The Byzantine Empire was strongly influenced by this culture during the height of the empire.
What is Hellenistic or Greek culture?
The main goal and expected outcome of the Crusades.
What is freeing Jerusalem from Islamic rule?
A disease that killed 1/3 of people in Europe during the middle ages.
What is the Black Death or Bubonic Plague?
An open-air stadium for sporting and social events
What is a hippodrome?
As emperor, I had the code of Roman laws simplified, and I followed my wife’s advice and did not run from the rioters.
Who is Justinian?
I am an orphan who grew to be a successful merchant, which brought me in contact with many religions. I claim to have had a vision from the angel Gabriel at age 40.
Who is Muhammad?
A sacred image representing Christ, the Virgin Mary, the saints, or other sacred objects.
What is an icon?
I was crowned co-emperor with my brother and began to rule when my father died. I was maybe the best manager of the government and a warrior known for my harsh treatment of captives giving me the nickname of the Bulgar Slayer.
Who is Basil II?
I am the leader of the Roman Catholic Church who issued a call in 1095 to knights of France to free Jerusalem.
Who is Pope Urban III?
The group of Turks who conquered all of the Byzantine Empire by 1371.
Who are the Ottomans?
A foreign soldier hired to fight for a country.
What is a mercenary?
I gave good advice to the emperor on building projects and on running the government, and I kept the emperor from fleeing during the Nika Revolt.
Who is Theodora?
The Islamic book of visions written by the followers of the founder of Islam.
What is the Qur'an?
The most famous project commissioned by Justinian following the Nika Revolt, this church was built in the shape of a cross with a magnificent dome top.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Emperors fought enemies successfully in the Middle East and on the ________________ during the height of the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
I am the leader of the Roman Catholic Church who organized the Fourth Crusade after I was installed in my position in 1198.
Who is Innocent III?
After Constantinople was overtaken by the crusaders and the Venetians, this this was the new capital city established by the Byzantines that fled.
What is Nicea?
A nomadic person who did not speak Greek or Latin and did not adopt Roman culture
What is a barbarian?
I conquered all the regions of the former Roman Empire that the emperor sent me to reclaim, and with my men, I defended the emperor in the Hippodrome.
Who is Belisarius?
These are three sacred cities for Muslims
What are Medina, Mecca, and Jerusalem?
This document, the subject of many years of teaching, discussion, and disagreement, defined what Christians should believe about the Trinity.
What is the Nicene Creed?
As emperor I reorganized the University of Constantinople.
Allies of the crusaders, we made an agreement to supply our naval ships if they supplied the army and money. We convinced them to conquer the Christian city Zara when we realized they couldn't supply the money and resources needed.
Who are the Venetians?
I moved the capital back to Constantinople after strengthening the army and taking back the city. I was crowned emperor in the Hagia Sophia and spent lots of money trying to rebuild and rebeautify the city after the destruction of the Fourth Crusade
Who is Michael VIII?
Refers to those who support traditionally accepted principles of the faith
What is orthodox?
Who is Heraclius?
Under my reign, the Persian empire fell completely.
Who is Uthman?
In 1054, a bitter rivalry between church leaders lead the establishment of the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
What is the Great Schism?
We were two Christian missionaries from Constantinople who helped develop the Slavic alphabet in order to translate the Bible.
Who are Cyril and Methodius?
I was the emperor ruling the Byzantines when a supposed prince persuaded the crusaders to help take Constantinople and make him emperor. Despite the support I rallied, I eventually fled into exile.
Who is Emperor Alexius III?
I am the final emperor of the Byzantine Empire. I died in the fighting of the final invasion of Constantinople by the Ottomons in 1453
Who is Constantine XI?