Byzantine Empire
Impressive church built by Justinian.
What is Hagia Sophia?
After the Great Schism with the Eastern Orthodox Church, we call the Western Christian church of Rome by this name.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
The Byzantine Empire saved books and knowledge from these two civilizations.
What is Greece and Rome.
Constantine chose Byzantium as the site of the new capital because it was geographically at the crux of trade from east and west as well as these two seas.
What are the Black and Aegean (or Mediterranean)?
Who had supreme power over government, church and law?
Emperor
The study of religion.
Theology
These Byzantine laws were organized and laid the foundation for western modern governments.
What is the Code of Justinian?
2 important and wise leaders of the Byzantine Empire.
Who are Justinian and Constantine? Maybe even Basil and Theodosius, too.
Missionary who gave the Slavic people a new alphabet.
Cyril
Religious images. Click on it to open the app.
What are icons?
Empress and influential adviser to Justinian.
Theodora
The Byzantine Empire was different from Rome because this religion was the crux of life, making it a blend of these three cultures.
What is Christianity, Greek and Roman?
City at the center of the eastern church.
What is Constantinople?
Constantinople was locate on this type of geographic formation.
peninsula
These people took over trade in their own ships in the 11th century.
Who are the Venetians?
The most important influence on modern governments came from
Justinian's Code of Laws
These people harmed the Byzantine Empire in the 11th century by taking over trade in their own ships.
Who are the Venetians?
Tribonian
This was the most important unifying factor in the Byzantine Empire. It was also the major difference between them and Rome.
What is Christianity?