ART
WHAT ARE THE BYZANTINE ART CHARACTERISTICS OF BYZANTINE ART?
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION
HOW LONG DID THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE REMAIN IN POWER AFTER THE FALL OF ROME AND THE WESTERN ROMAN EMPIRE?
1000 YEARS
WHAT CITY BECAME CAPITAL OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE?
CONSTANTINOPLE
WHAT IS THE BYZANTINE BELIEF?
CHRISTIANITY
WHO BECAME THE EMPEROR OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE?
JUSTINIAN
WHAT IS AN ICON IN BYZANTINE ART?
ICONS WERE OPPOSED BY RELIGIOUS AND IMPERIAL AUTHORITIES WITHIN THE EASTERN CHURCH AND THE TEMPORAL IMPERIAL HIERARCHY
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE LEGAL CODE?
JUSTINANS CODE
WHAT EMPIRE SPLIT INTO TWO WITH THE EASTERN PORTION BECOMING THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE?
THE ROMAN EMPIRE
WHAT LANGUAGE DID THE EASTERN CHURCH SPEAK?
LATIN OR GREEK
WHAT BYZANTINE EMPEROR EMBRACED CHRISTIANITY AND MADE IT THE RELIGION OF THE EMPIRE?
CONSTANTINE
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF BYZANTINE ART?
TO GLORIFY THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AND TO EXPRESS ITS MYSTERY
WHAT MADE BYZANTINE EMPIRE RICH AND SUCCESSFUL?
CONSTANTINOPLE BECAUSE IT SAT IN THE MIDDLE OF A TRADE ROUTE, SEA AND LAND.WHICH PROVIDED RESOURCES FOR THEM.
WHAT MARKED THE END OF THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE?
THE FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE TO THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE
WHAT TYPE OF CHRISTIANITY DID THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE CREATE?
EASTERN ORTHODOX
WHAT WAS JUSTINIAN REMEMBERED AS?
FOR HIS WORK AS A LEGISLATOR AND CODIFIER
WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF BYZANTINE PAINTINGS?
ICONS, PORTABLE PANELS PAINTED WITH RELIGIOUS FIGURES
WHAT TWO CULTURES INFLUENCE THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE?
BY BOTH THE GREEK AND ROMAN CULTURES
WHO DID THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE CONSTANTLY FIGHT WITH FOR CONTROL OVER LAND OVER THE HOLY LAND IN EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN?
THE MUSLIMS
Why is the Byzantine empire important?
Had an important cultural legacy
WHO WERE THE MAIN INHABITANTS OF THE LANDS BYZANTINE EMIPRE?
THE GREEKS,CYPRUS,AND PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN BALKANS
WHAT DOES THE BYZANTINE ART REFER TO?
THE BODY OF CHRISTIAN GREEK
Why is the Byzantine empire culture important?
Was incredibly diverse
WHERE WAS THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE LOCATED?
BETWEEN THE TRADE ROUTE OF EUROPE AND ASIA AND BETWEEN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND THE BLACK SEA
WHAT DID MONOPHYSITES BELIEVE?
asserted that in the person of Jesus Christ there was only one, divine nature rather than two natures
WHY WAS CONSTANTINE A PIVOTAL FIGURE IN BYZANTINE HISTORY?
HE CHANGED THE RELIGIOUS CHARACTER OF THE EMPIRE FROM PAGAN TO CHRISTIAN