Byzantine Empire
That's Code
Vocabulary
Early Russia
Who Dat?
100
Church destroyed by mobs of rioters in 532 and rebuilt by Justinian
What is the Hagia Sophia
100
The body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine Emperor around 534 AD
What is Justinian Code
100
Alphabet invented by Saints Cyril and Methodius, in which most Slavic languages, including Russian, are written
What is the Cyrillic Alphabet
100
The name Russia came from this group
Who are the Vikings
100
He was the emperor of the Byzantine Empire in 527 and ruled with absolute power.
Who is Justinian
200
The capital of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constantinople
200
This section contains nearly 5,000 Roman Laws and were still useful for the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Code
200
Formal declaration that someone is no longer a member of the Church
What is excommunication
200
She traveled to Constantinople and converted to Chirstianity.
Who is Princess Olga
200
He converted to Orthodox Christianity in the 980s and made it the state religion
Who is Vladimir
300
Byzantine did this to prop up their shanky empire
What is bribes, diplomacy, and political marriage
300
Summarized the opinions of Rome's greatest legal thinkers about laws.
What is the Digest
300
Religious image used in practices by Eastern Christians
What is Icon
300
Ivan I first convinced this person to move from Keiv to Moscow and taught him different ways to enlarge his territory.
Who is the patriarch
300
He gained power by working with Mongols
Who is Alexander Nevsky
400
The two biggest problems the empire faced
What is the Plague (terrible disease) and invasions
400
Textbooks the told law students how to use law
What is the Institutes
400
A Russian emperor
What is czar
400
Vladimir converted to this because he admired that the Emperor was supreme ruler of the church.
What is Byzantine Christianity
400
Son of Vladimir
Who is Yaroslav the Wise
500
These 3 continents made up the Empire
Europe, Asia and Africa
500
Laws passed after 534
What is the Novellae (New Laws)
500
People from the forest north of the Black Sea
Who are the Slavs
500
How Did Ivan I and his successors enlarge their territory?
What is land purchases, war, trickery, and shrewd marriages.
500
The Grand Prince
Who is Ivan I
600
The pope is leader of this church
What is the Roman Catholic Church (Western Church)
600
The Justinian Code served the empire for this long
What is 900 years
600
Leader of the Eastern Church
Who/ What is the patriarch
600
The three great rivers
What is the Dnieper, Don, and Volga
600
Moscow prince who led rebellion against Mongol rule; under his rule, Russia became an empire
Who is Ivan III