Byzantine Empire
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Byzantine Empire 3
Byzantine Empire 4
Western Roman Empire
100
First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Constantine I
100
Schism
What is a split or division.
100

Today we call the Eastern Church centered in Constantinople by this name.

What is Eastern Orthodox Church or Greek Orthodox Church?

100

Today we call the Western Christian church of Rome by this name.

What is the Roman Catholic Church?

100

How long was the Pax Romana

200 years

200
The capital city named for Constantine.
What is Constantinople?
200
A narrow water passage connecting to larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
200

Pictures of holy people and saints.

What are icons?

200

This Byzantine Emperor built the longest aqueduct

Who is Valens?

200

Because the Roman empire was so big, what did it make it hard to do?

Defend

300
Important and wise leader of the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Justinian or Constantine?
300
This group took over the Byzantine Empire in the 1400s.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
300

Byzantine laws that were so good they were even used in modern governments.

What is the Code of Justinian?

300

Location of the center of the western church.

What is Rome or the Vatican?

300

What is one problem that led to the Fall of Rome?

Germanic Invasions

Economy

Military/Political Issues

Christianity

400
Constantinople is located on this strait.
What is Bosporus Strait?
400
The name for Constantinople today.
What is Istanbul?
400

City at the center of the eastern church.

What is Constantinople?

400

Because the Byzantine Empire had these defenses it was able to survive.

Walls, chain, trebuchet

400

What was the problem that led some people in Rome into poverty?

High Taxes

500
Constantinople was located in the country called this today.
What is Turkey.
500

Cyril and Methodius brought Christianity to Slavic lands and created ______________ so they could read.

An Alphabet, Cyrillic

500

Justinian's wife.

Who is Theodora?

500

For this reason, many nations wanted to take over Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.

What is that it was located at the center of major trade routes?

500

What language was spoken on the Western Side of the Empire?

Latin

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