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Roman emperor who moved the capital city of Rome to Byzantium.
Who is Constantine?
This is the term used to describe the split between the Eastern and Western churches.
What is the Great Schism?
The massive and beautiful church created by Justinian.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Name a legacy of the Byzantine Empire in Russia and Eastern Europe.
What is the introduction of the Orthodox Church and the creation of the Cyrillic Alphabet?
Considered the greatest Byzantine Emperor..developed a written code of law.
Who is Justinian?
The Byzantines preserved works from these two cultures by copying them and illustrating them?
What are Greek and Roman?
Head of the Eastern church.
Who is the patriarch?
The Hagia Sophia is now this.
What is a Museum?
The translation of Hagia Sophia in English
What is "Holy Wisdom"?
Constantinople was strategically located between these two continents.
What are Asia and Europe?
Aside from the use of icons, name another reason for the split between the East and West churches.
What is the Pope's leadership? Use of Greek or other languages? Priest being able to get married?
To officially ban someone from the church.
What is excommunication?
Surrounded by water on three sides, this served as a natural harbor for Constantinople
What is a peninsula?
Constantinople eventually fell to this group in 1453
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
Byzantine Christians accused Western Christians of this because of icons in the church.
What is idolatry or idol worshipping?