Rome and Byzantine disagreed over whether or not to worship icons
What caused the first split in Christianity
100
Justinian I, who ruled from 527 until 565
Who was the first great ruler of the Byzantine Empire
100
Like many places, the role of this gender was surrounded around the house and raising the children
What was the role of the women
100
Byzantine comes from this word
What is Byzantium
100
The army was too small and stretched too thin for the amount of land there was
Why did the empire start to lose land
200
Many different countries couldn’t accept that the Byzantine Empire didn’t believe in the exact beliefs that they did
Why was the Byzantine empire a target for crusades
200
Even though the Byzantine Empire was mainly a part of the Roman Empire it was taught Greek’s history
What were the students taught in school
200
These families refused to share their private interests with the interests of the common wealth
What was the crisis with the aristocrat families
200
The Smashing of Images
What does Iconoclasm mean
200
The debts of the empire were huge because of the many wars
What caused the high taxes
300
The Byzantine Empire started to practice this religion after the split
What is the Eastern Orthodox
300
This age was a time where Byzantine had more control over trade and more wealth
What is the Golden Age
300
The civil disputes were between these two groups
What are the rural and urban aristocracies
300
“New Rome”
What is another name for Constantinople
300
Most of the territory was lost through crusades to the Arabs
Who took over most of the land
400
Jupiter
Who is the king of the gods
400
When Emperor Valentinian took over the Byzantine Empire after Constantine’s death he separated the empire, he was in charge of the west and his brother in charge of the east
What caused the empire to split
400
Women were taught these languages in school
What are Latin and Greek
400
Gresham's Law
What is bad money drives out good
400
The highest rank in the Roman military
What is Legatus legionis
500
Most religious activities required these
What are sacrifices and prayers
500
The Ottoman Empire, under the rule of Mehmet II, conquered the empire and took over the government.
What was the fall of the Byzantine Empire
500
This was a custom for young girls in the empire for marriage