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100
The capital city named for Constantine
What is Constantinople?
100
First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Constantine I?
100
This church means "holy wisdom"
What is the Hagia Sophia?
100
Name for the Byzantine laws
What is Justinian Code?
100
Modern day name for Constantinople
What is Istanbul?
200
Constantinople is located on this strait
What is the Bosphorus strait?
200
Justinian's wife
Who is Theodora?
200
Today we call the western Christian church of Rome by this
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
200
Name of the main street running through Constantinople
What is the Mese?
200
Define Schism
What is a split or division?
300
What was Constantinople the capital of?
What is the Byzantine Empire?
300
Which Emperor banned the use of icons?
Who is Leo III?
300
In what year did the church split?
What is 1054?
300
This group took over the Byzantine Empire in the 1400's
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
300
How long was the Justinian Code in effect?
What is 900 years?
400
What three continents surrounded the Byzantine Empire?
What is Africa, Asia, and Europe?
400
Byzantine Monk who helped convert the Slavs and created an alphabet for them
Who is Cyril?
400
What two separate churches did the schism create?
What is Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox?
400
Name the disease that devastated Constantinople after Justinian's death.
What is the Bubonic plague?
400
What was the name of Constantinople's large arena?
What is the Hippodrome?
500
Name the two seas surrounding the Byzantine Empire
What is the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea?
500
Name the two most important emperors of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Justinian and Constantine I?
500
The reason the eastern and western Christian churches split
What is because the western church believed that you should pray directly to God and not to icons as the eastern church believed?
500
The Byzantine Empire's location made it easy to do what?
What is trade?
500
What language did most Byzantines speak?
What is Greek?
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