Location, location, location
It was located on a peninsula.
This city served as the seat of the Byzantine Empire until its conquest by the Ottomans.
What is Constantinople?
This man rules the head of the Roman Catholic Church.
Who is the Pope?
Justinian I contributed to the modern field of law by creating this
What is Justinian's Code?
How did Constantinople help preserve classical Greco-Roman culture?
By being a center for education and culture, maintaining ancient texts and traditions. in their vast libraries.
This guy is considered the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Who is the Patriarch?
What event is considered the beginning of the Byzantine Empire?
What is the division of Rome?
What was a major economic role of Constantinople in the Byzantine Empire?
It was a central hub for trade between Europe and Asia.
A point of contention between the East and West. These religious images were accepted by the East and rejected by the West.
What are Icons?
The fall of Constantinople would usher in this new age of knowledge and art.
What is the Renaissance?
What is the most famous example of Byzantine architecture in Constantinople
The Hagia Sophia
This city served as a cultural center for the Eastern Orthodox Religion.
What is Constantinople?
The byzantine Empire and Constantinople controlled the trade between which two bodies of water?
What are the Mediterranean/Aegean and Black Seas?
This city served as the religious center for the Roman Catholic Church. The pope has resided there for hundreds of years.
What is Rome?
What effect did the Orthodox Church have on modern Russian culture?
The development of a written language (Cyrillic)