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RUSSIA & RANDOM
100
An architectural wonder in Constantinople, a large Byzantine domed church
What is the Hagia Sophia?
100
A Byzantine city was named after him
Who was Constantine?
100
An important city at the 'crossroads' of Asia & Europe
What was Constantinople?
100
The straits that linked the sea of Marmara to the Black Sea (Hint: Between your texting thumbs)
What is the Bosphorus?
100
Created a new alphabet from Greek adapted to the Slavic languages
Who is St Cyril? Cyrillic Alphabet
200
A holy image, usually Jesus, Mary or the saints
What is an icon?
200
head of the Roman Catholic Church
Who was the Pope?
200
Constantinople was bordered by natural harbors and sat on what geographic feature surrounded by water?
What is a peninsula?
200
The language spoken in the East Greek Orthodox Church?
What was Greek?
200
Byzantine architecture influence this country's architecture
What is Russia?
300
Byzantine art form used in churches and religious structures (Glass and tiles set in plaster to make a picture)
What is a mosaic?
300
Head of the East Greek Orthodox Church
Who was the Patriarch?
300
Constantinople reached its greatest size under this Emperor
Who was Justinian?
300
A sea to the northeast of Constantinople
What is the Black Sea?
300
This Byzantine religion was adopted by Russia and Eastern Europe
What is Greek/Orthodox Christianity?
400
Title of a Russian Ruler; means "Caesar"
What is a Czar or Tsar?
400
He created a code of laws that was used as the basis of law for many other civilizations
Who was Justinian?
400
Constantine the Great built these around the city for protection
What are fortified walls?
400
Language spoken in the Roman Catholic Church liturgy
What is Latin?
400
Russia had trade routes between the Black sea and this sea
What is the Baltic Sea?
500
What two cultures did the Byzantines preserve in their libraries?
What are Greek and Roman?
500
Constantine was the first emperor to convert to this religion
What was Christianity?
500
Constantinople was far from these distant invaders
Who were the Germanic Invaders?
500
This practice of abstinence ("no intimate relations") was eventually accepted in the West (Rome)
What is celibacy?
500
Modern day name for Constantinople
What is Istanbul?
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