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Who was the circus performer that married Justinian?
Theodora
100
What is a picture made of small stones or pieces of glass?
mosaic
100
During what riots did the Blues and Greens protest the emperor's high taxes?
Nika Riots
100
What is Basil II often called?
the Bulgar Slayer
100
What village later became Constantinople?
Byzantium
200
What is the hatred of the use of images as objects of worship?
iconoclasm
200
What book is considered holy by the Muslims?
the Koran
200
Who started the false religion of Islam?
Muhammad
200
What are sacred pictures and statues of Jesus and the saints?
icons
200
What does Islam mean?
"submission to Allah"
300
Who was the emperor that used Greek fire to protect his people?
Leo the Isaurian
300
What do you call the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church?
a patriarch
300
What did Byzantine spies smuggle out of China?
silkworms
300
What is a union of merchants or craftsmen in the Middle Ages?
guild
300
The Hagia Sophia is the Church of ______ _______.
Holy Wisdom.
400
Who was Justinian's best warrior who was sent to reconquer the western provinces?
Belisarius
400
The Persian emperor wanted Syria because it was rich from trade and could afford to pay ________ _______.
high taxes
400
What is a person who claims to have authority over church and state?
caesaropapist
400
Why did the Meccans not like the Islam religion?
because the Islam religion only had one god
400
The purpose of the __________ was to reclaim the Holy Land.
Crusades
500
Why did the Romans call nomadic people barbarians?
They had not adopted Roman culture and did not speak Latin or Greek. The Romans considered these people crude and primitive.
500
What are a soldiers who fight for pay?
mercenaries
500
What group of people caused the final defeat of the Byzantine Empire?
the Ottoman Empire
500
Who were the missionaries who developed Cyrillic alphabet to take the gospel to Russia?
Cyril and Methodius
500
Explain why the emperors were at Constantinople were unable to rule Rome.
They were too far away from Rome to be able to defend it or enforce laws.
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