Byzantine Empire
He moved the capital to the East and became emperor
Who is Constantine
State-secret weapon of the Byzantine empire.
What is "Greek Fire"?
The greatest church constructed under the reign of Justinian.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
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Former name of Constantinople.
Pictures/paintings of Jesus Christ and biblical characters of the OT and the NT.
What are icons?
Important and wise leader of the Byzantine Empire who sadly left the empire in ruin.
Who is Justinian?
The 5 Patriarchal cities.
What were Alexandria, Jerusalem, Antioch, Constantinople and Rome?
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Title of the head of the eastern church.
The western church was located here.
What is Rome or the Vatican?
The Hagia Sophia is now this.
What is a museum/mosque?
The division of this happened in 1054. Clue: Rome and Constantinople
What is the church being split--Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox?
Byzantine missionaries to Russia.
Who are Cyril and Methodius?
This group of Turks conquered the Byzantine Empire.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
The name of the riot that Justinian encountered and defeated with the advice of his wife.
What was the Nika Revolt?
The place in Constantinople that once housed events such as chariot races.
Hippodrome
The number one reason the eastern and western Christian churches split.
What is because the western (Roman Catholic) church believed that you should pray directly to God and not to icons (pictures of saints and holy people) as the eastern church?