Byzantine Foundations
Justinian
Religion
Civilization
Kiev Russia
100
Byzantium was part of what empire?
What is the Roman Empire?
100
Justinian was a Byzantine what?
What is an emperor?
100
God's representatives on earth were the Byzantine what?
What are the emperors?
100
What are pictures made from pieces of stone or glass?
What is a mosaic?
100
These people were at the top of the social hierarchy in Kiev Russia
Who are the princes?
200
What city, due to economical, political, and cultural strengths, was the center of the Roman Empire?
What is Constantinople?
200
Justinian organized the Corpus of Civil Law, also known as what?
What is the Justinian Code?
200
Because the Emperor was so influential problems arose with the leadership in what church?
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
200
Where did the Byzantines take their policy from?
Who are the Romans?
200
Ivan IV eventually took this title, which means "Caesar"
What is czar?
300
What emperor adopted Christianity in the 4th century and made it the official religion of the Roman Empire?
Who is Emperor Constantine?
300
What was Justinian's goal for the Byzantine Empire?
What is to restore the Roman Empire's power?
300
Who was the Roman Catholic Church led by?
Who is the Pope in Rome?
300
Who was Justinian's power-hungry wife?
Who is Theodora?
300
After the fall of Constantinople, Russians proclaimed Moscow to be this
What is the "Third Rome"?
400
After the fall of the Roman Empire, Constantinople became known as what?
What is New Rome?
400
Justinian constructed what church?
What is the Hagia Sophia?
400
Icons, source of religious authority, how the church was run, and churches in Balkans were all issues that lead to what?
What is the Great Schism of 1054?
400
How were the Byzantines able to hold off enemy invaders?
What are superior defenses and the Walls of Constantinople?
400
Who converted to Christianity and spread Byzantine culture?
Who is Prince Vladimir I?
500
Two periods in the history of the Byzantine Empire when the use of religious images or icons was opposed by religious and imperial authorities
What is the iconoclastic controversy?
500
What lands did Justinian reconquer?
What is Italy, Spain, and North Africa?
500
The Great Schism of 1054 led to the creation of two different churches, what were the churches?
What is the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
500
What was the main cause of the decline of the Byzantine Empire?
What is constant Turk attacks?
500
Turkish people who after A.D. 1055 controlled the area south of Kiev
Who is the Polovtsy?
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