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Justinian
People
Religion
Not Instanbul
100
What is another name for pictures made up of bits of colored glass
Mosaics
100
What was the name of the system that he set up to summarize Roman legal thinking?
Justinian's Code or the Code of Justinian
100
Who founded Constantinople?
Constantine
100
What is the main branch of Christianity that is practiced in Russia?
Eastern Orthodox or Russian Orthdox
100
What is the name of the city that became Instanbul?
Constantinople
200
WHat was the name of the material that the Byzantines used that ignited with the contact of water?
Greek Fire
200
What was Justinian's wife called?
Theodora
200
The Byzantine Empire combined the cultures of what 3 groups?
Christians, Greeks, and Romans.
200
Who did the Patriarch refuse to recognize as the overall leader of the Christian church?
Pope
200
What was the name of the Greek city upon which the "Not Instanbul" city was built?
Byzantium
300
What is another name for the wealth a woman brought to a marriage
Dowry
300
What was the name of the rebellion that nearly force Justinian out of power?
Nika Revolt
300
What was the name of the Emperor who tried to get the people to stop using icons?
Leo
300
Who did the Byzantines believe represented Christ on Earth?
The emperor
300
What was on the three sides of the city?
Water on three and a big wall on the 4th
400
What is another name for a religious image?
Icon
400
What was the name of the military leader of the Byzantines under Justinian that helped to conquer back much of the Mediterranean?
Belisarius
400
What was the name of the missionary who created an alphabet to help teach Christianity?
Cyril
400
What was the name of the leader of the Eastern Orthodox church?
Patriarch
400
Trade from what two seas had to past through Constantinople?
Mediterranean and Black
500
What is another name for church officials in charge of important areas?
Metropolitans
500
What was the name of the most famous church that was built in Constantinople?
Hagia Sophia
500
What group of people conquered the Byzantines in 1453?
Turks
500
What important event took place in 1054?
The Christian Church split into two branches
500
What language was the main one spoken in the Byzantine Empire?
Greek
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