Byzantine Empire
Today we call the Eastern Church centered in Constantinople by this name.
What is Eastern Orthodox Church or Greek Orthodox Church?
Today we call the Western Christian church of Rome by this name.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
How long was the Pax Romana
200 years
Pictures of holy people and saints.
What are icons?
This Byzantine Emperor built the longest aqueduct
Who is Valens?
Because the Roman empire was so big, what did it make it hard to do?
Defend
Byzantine laws that were so good they were even used in modern governments.
What is the Code of Justinian?
Location of the center of the western church.
What is Rome or the Vatican?
What is one problem that led to the Fall of Rome?
Germanic Invasions
Economy
Military/Political Issues
Christianity
City at the center of the eastern church.
What is Constantinople?
Because the Byzantine Empire had these defenses it was able to survive.
Walls, chain, trebuchet
What was the problem that led some people in Rome into poverty?
High Taxes
Cyril and Methodius brought Christianity to Slavic lands and created ______________ so they could read.
An Alphabet, Cyrillic
Justinian's wife.
Who is Theodora?
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?
What language was spoken on the Western Side of the Empire?
Latin