Geography
The two continents in which Byzantine is located between
What are Europe and Asia?
Justinian's wife
Who is Theodora?
The language spoken in Byzantine, as opposed to Latin in the west
What is Greek?
Centered in Constantinople, close to the seat of power after Constantinople became capital, use of Greek language
What is the Eastern church?
The Greek alphabet impacted this alphabet, which is used by languages such as Russian, Macedonian, and Serbian.
What is the Cyrillic Alphabet?
Where two roads meet
reclaiming Roman territory, making a new law code, building more churches/religious monuments
What are Justinian's achievements?
A form of art in Byzantine consisting of putting together small colored stones to create images, often religious scenes. While Rome put these on the floor, Byzantine also put them the walls.
What are mosaics?
Leader of the western church
What is the Pope?
First drawing off of Roman style, examples of this could be seen in the Hagia Sophia and many other religious structures in Byzantine.
What is Byzantine Architecture?
Connects the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea
What is the Bosporus?
Translates roughly to "Holy Wisdom," dome shaped, church, turned into a mosque (Islamic place of worship) after time
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Centered in Rome, farther from the seat of power after Constantinople became capital, use of Latin
What is the Western Church?
Spread by missionaries from Byzantine and throughout eastern Europe
What is Orthodox Christianity?
The three continents Byzantine had territory on
What are Europe, Asia, and Africa?
Justinian the laws to marry this woman because she was of a low social class
a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches
What are icons?
Leader of the eastern church
What is the patriarch?
These helped spread Byzantine culture, such as art or language, and promoted the economy
What is Istanbul?
Who are Theodora and Justinian?
Believes that God is both one and three people (Father, Son, and Holy Trinity), versus the belief that there is ONE God
What is the Greek Orthodox Church?
To exclude a member of church from rituals and membership
What is 'excommunicate'?
What is Constantinople?