Fall of Rome
Unstable leadership and a weak military are examples of these kinds of problems that weakened Rome.
What are political problems?
(Government)
The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of this earlier empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
Justinian was a famous ruler of this empire.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Both the Roman and Byzantine empires were strongly influenced by this religion.
What is Christianity?
Constantinople was located between Europe and this continent.
What is Asia?
High taxes and declining trade are examples of these kinds of problems that weakened Rome.
What are economic problems?
(Financial)
This city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
Justinian's wife was an influential empress named this.
Who was Theodora?
The Byzantine Empire used this language more commonly than Latin, especially in later centuries.
What is Greek?
Constantinople's location helped the Byzantine Empire control important trade routes between Europe and this region.
What is Asia?
These groups from outside the empire invaded Roman territory and helped weaken the Western Roman Empire.
Who were the Germanic tribes?
Huns, Visigoths, Vandals, Anglo-Saxons, Franks
This emperor ruled the Byzantine Empire during its Golden Age and tried to reconquer former Roman lands.
Who was Justinian I?
Justinian ordered officials to organize and simplify these Roman laws.
What is the Justinian Code?
Unlike the Western Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire survived for centuries after this year.
What is 476 CE?
This body of water connected Constantinople to the Mediterranean Sea and helped make the city a major trading center.
What is the Black Sea?
The Black Sea connects to Constantinople through the Bosporus; the Mediterranean connects via the Sea of Marmara and Aegean Sea.
This was the year traditionally used to mark the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
What is 476 CE?
The Byzantine Empire continued for about this many years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE.
What is about 1,000 years?
This famous church in Constantinople was built under Justinian's rule.
What is Hagia Sophia?
Byzantine emperors were considered both political rulers and important leaders of this religion.
What is Christianity?
Constantinople's location made it a crossroads between these two continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
While the Roman Empire fell in 476 AD, this half survived for another thousand years around its capital in Constantinople.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
This event in 1453 brought an end to the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople?
Justinian and Theodora helped put down this violent uprising in Constantinople in 532 CE.
What is the Nika Revolt?
This disagreement eventually contributed to the split between the Western and Eastern Christian churches in 1054.
What is the Great Schism?
This geographic feature gave Constantinople a major advantage in defense and trade.
What is its strategic location on the Bosporus?