Politics
This family ruled the Byzantine Empire from 1261 until the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
Who are the Palaiologos (or Palaeologus) family?
This city remained a center of learning and scholarship during the late Byzantine period.
What is Constantinople?
Constantinople sat on this strait that connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean.
What is the Bosporus Strait?
The Byzantine Empire followed this branch of Christianity.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
This emperor recaptured Constantinople from the Latin Empire in 1261.
Who is Michael VIII Palaiologos?
Byzantine scholars preserved and copied these types of ancient texts, which later helped spark the Renaissance in Western Europe.
What are Greek and Roman classical texts?
The Byzantine Empire's capital was located between these two continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
This event in 1054 officially divided the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
What is the Great Schism?
This event in 1204 temporarily ended the Byzantine Empire and led to the creation of the Latin Empire.
What is the Fourth Crusade?
Byzantine scholars fleeing to Italy after 1453 helped influence this European cultural movement.
What is the Renaissance?
Constantinople’s location made it a key stop on these overland and sea-based trade routes.
What are the Silk Roads and the Mediterranean Sea Trade Routes?
The Byzantine emperor also had influence over this religious leader.
Who is the Patriarch of Constantinople?
After 1204, this successor state became the center of resistance against the Latin Empire and helped restore the Byzantines.
What is the Empire of Nicaea?
This subject, including geometry and astronomy, was studied and preserved in the Byzantine Empire.
What is science or mathematics?
This empire, to the east and south, became the growing threat to Byzantine territory in the 14th and 15th centuries.
What is the Ottoman Empire?
This religious practice, involving images, continued to be important in Orthodox worship.
What is veneration of icons?
This emperor ruled during the final siege of Constantinople and died defending the city in 1453.
Who is Constantine XI Palaiologos?
This library, though no longer at its height, was still known for preserving rare ancient works.
What is the Imperial Library of Constantinople?
This natural defense on the north side of Constantinople helped protect it from invasion.
What is the Golden Horn?
This cathedral, later converted into a mosque, was a major religious site in Constantinople.
What is the Hagia Sophia?