Byzantine Empire
He moved the capital to the East and became emperor
Who is Constantine
One of the reasons Constantinople was chosen as the capital of the Byzantine empire.
What is:
-protected on eastern frontier
-distance from Germanic invaders
-crossroads of trade
-easily fortified by a peninsula
-bordered by natural harbors?
The greatest church constructed under the reign of Justinian.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Former name of Constantinople.
What is Byzantium?
Eastern Orthodox works of art (usually paintings) depicting a religious scene or figure.
What are icons?
Important and wise leader of the Byzantine Empire who codified Roman law.
Who is Justinian?
The language spoken in the Byzantine empire.
What is Greek?
The period of European history between 500 CE and 1500 CE.
What is Medieval?
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 AKA-the Great Schism?
What are Greece and Rome?
A Kyiv Queen who outwitted her rival kings and became a saint.
Who is Saint Olga of Kyiv?
The religion practiced in modern Greece.
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
Wise or Holy Wisdom
What is the Hagia Sophia?
The Byzantine Golden Age Dynasty
What is the Macedonian Dynasty?
Justinian's wife.
Who was Theodora?
The number one reason the eastern and western Christian churches split.
What is the Western Church not praying to Icons like the Eastern Church?