He moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Constantinople in 330 A.D.
Who is Constantine?
100
This was a riot against Justinian's power as emperor and was ultimately crushed.
What is the Nika Revolt?
100
The city of Constantinople was built on this site of an ancient Greek city.
What is Byzantium?
100
She convinced her emperor husband NOT to flee during the Nika Revolt which served to be the turning point in Justinian's reign.
Who is Theodora?
100
These painted images of Christ and the saints were one of the issues that separated the Roman Catholic & Eastern Orthodox churches.
What are icons?
200
He was a Byzantine emperor and military leader known as the Bulgar Slayer
Who is Basil II?
200
This series of holy wars was designed to recapture Jerusalem and the holy land from the Muslims.
What are the Crusades?
200
This strait separates Constantinople from Asia Minor (Turkey).
What is the Bosporus?
200
The Hagia Sophia was a beautiful example of Byzantine architecture whose name means this literally.
What is "Holy Wisdom"?
200
To deprive an individual of the sacraments and excluding him from the fellowship of the church.
What is excommunication?
300
This Byzantine emperor is best known for restoring the greatness of the Roman Empire and for his codification of Roman law.
Who is Justinian?
300
The Seljuk Turks defeated the Byzantine army at this battle in 1071 which ultimately gave control of Asia Minor (Turkey) to the Turks to this day?
What is the Battle of Manzikert?
300
Muslims originated from this LARGE middle eastern peninsula.
What is the Arabian peninsula?
300
This was a systematic arrangement of laws that clarified Roman legal principles and provided the foundation upon which MOST European legals systems have been built.
What is the Justinian Code?
300
Beginning in the 7th century A.D., this group spread their faith by way of conquest.
What is Islam?
400
These two Byzantine missionaries shared the gospel with the Slavic peoples of Russia and southeastern Europe.
Who are Cyril and Methodius?
400
This man, the final emperor of the Byzantine emperor died in battle against the Ottoman Turks in 1453.
What is
Who is Constantine XI?
400
This refers to any ancient Greek stadium used for horse and or chariot racing. Constantinople had one.
What is a Hippodrome?
400
This explosive mixture of naphtha oil, salt peter and sulfur was a carefully guarded secret of Constantinople.
What is Greek fire?
400
The type of Christianity adopted in the Byzantine Empire.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
500
This group of Muslims ultimately defeated the Byzantine empire with the defeat of Constantinople in 1453.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
500
The straits of the Bosporus link these two seas.
What are the Black Sea & the Mediterranean Sea?
500
This became the basis of the Slavic written language. It was based on Greek, but modified. It allowed the Russians to have the gospel in their native tongue.
What is the Cyrillic alphabet?
500
Type of decorative art the Byzantines used that uses tiny pieces of glass or stone inlaid in wet cement or plaster.