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100

Constantine tried to build a capital like _________

Rome

100

Methodius and _______, both monks, created an alphabet for the Slavic languages and used it to translate the Bible.

Cyril

100

Historians call the period after the fall of Rome the ___________

Dark Ages

100

_________ was Rome's first Cristian emperor and built Constantinople.

Constantine

100

Who rebuilt the Kremlin?

Ivan the Great

200

The _________ was like Rome's Colosseum.

Hippodrome

200

________, an early Russian king, married the sister of the Byzantine emperor.

Vladimir

200

_______ brought the Franks together and made Paris his capital.

Clovis

200

The Byzantine emperor _______ ordered a code of all Roman laws.

Justinian

200

The _______ were one of the largest of the German tribes.

Franks

300

Historians think that ____________ was the greatest emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

Justinian

300

Historians date the founding of Russia to A.D. 862 when Prince ______ became ruler.

Rurik

300

In A.D. 800, Pope Leo III named ________ as the "Emperor of the Romans."

Charlemagne

300

Cyril and _______, invented and alphabet so the Slavic people could read the Bible.

Methodius

300

In A.D. 800, united all of Western Europe.

Charlemagne

400

Justinian built the beautiful church known as the __________.

Hagia Sophia

400

Prince Alexander became a hero to the Russians, and they called him ______ because of the place where he won a great battle.

Nevsky

400

The Vikings visited Iceland, Greenland, and ______.

Newfoundland

400

Justinian built a great church called the ________

Hagia Sophia

400

Pope ______ crowned Charlemagne "Emperor of the Romans."

Leo III

500

People in the Byzantium Empire began to fight over the use of ______, or small pictures of saints and Jesus.

icons

500

Ivan the Great rebuilt the _______ as the center for church and government.

Kremlin
500

The Battle of _________ took place in 1066.

Hastings

500

What Prince became the ruler the year Russia was founded?

Rurik

500

The ____ who were excellent sailors, came from northern Europe.

Vikings

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