Byzantine Empire
First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Constantine I
Schism
What is a split or division.
One of the reasons Rome fell.
What is barbarian attacks from outside the empire, the empire became too large to defend, the leadership was ineffective and corrupt, all the wars created financial problems, and the rise of Christianity threatened old ways of religious life (monotheism instead of polytheism).
This Byzantine leader wanted to "make Rome great again."
Who is Justinian?
The capital city named for Constantine.
What is Constantinople?
A picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone or glass.
What is a mosaic?
In the Eastern Roman Empire, people spoke mostly Greek, but in the Western Roman Empire people spoke mostly this language.
What is Latin?
The name of Justinian's wife.
Who is Theodora?
The geographical location of Constantinople made it a great spot for ___________.
What is trade?
Important and wise leader of the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Justinian or Constantine?
An artificial channel for conveying water, originally engineered by the Ancient Romans.
What is an aqueduct?
One of the barbarian tribes that attacked the Western Roman Empire.
Who are the Goths, Vandals, Visigoths, Huns, etc?
Justinian is a unique ruler because his parents were not royals; they were __________
What is peasants?
Geographically, Constantinople is located between which two continents?
What is Europe and Asia?
Constantinople is located on this strait.
What is Bosporus Strait?
The name for Constantinople today.
What is Istanbul?
A patriarch leads the Greek Orthodox church, but this man leads the Roman Catholic church.
Who is the pope?
Theodora "allegedly" had three occupations before she became empress--name 2 of them.
What is actress, dancer, and possibly prostitute.
The Bosporous Strait, where Constantinople is located, connects these two bodies of water.
What are the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea?
Constantinople was located in the country called this today.
What is Turkey.
The famous Greek Orthodox church built by Justinian that was later a Muslim mosque and is now a museum.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
What is 16?
Justinian won back many of the lands that were initially part of the Roman Empire. He also did this other thing that made him famous.
What is he codified the laws/wrote the Justinian Code.
The three different names for the capital city of the Byzantine Empire are:_____________
What are: Byzantium, Constantinople, and Istanbul?