Rise and Fall of Rome
This carried water to cities over land, allowing the Romans to expand their cities away from natural freshwater supplies.
What are aqueducts?
Jesus was raised as part of this religious group.
At the Colosseum, the Romans could watch sporting events and this type of spectacle.
The religion of the Byzantine Empire.
The Great Schism split up Christianity into these two traditions.
This activity was much safer, faster, and cheaper during Pax Romana.
What is trade by sea?
Jesus's teachings were recorded in these, told from the perspectives of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
What are the Gospels?
Rather than achieving idealistic beauty standards, Roman sculptors tried to make their statues look this way.
What is realistic?
The language of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Greek?
The name of the people who believed that the use of icons was like worshipping objects.
Who are iconoclasts?
The original intention/main purpose for the Romans building such an extensive road network.
What is easier military movement? (so that soldiers could march quickly from place to place)
Most of the New Testament of the Christian Bible is made up of these.
What are the epistles?
This man was known for being a great orator, and his speeches are still studied today.
Who is Cicero?
Emperor Justinian rebuilt this grand structure after the Nika Revolts.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
(1) The leader of the Roman Catholic Church, and (2) the language in which Catholic rituals are performed.
(1) Who is the pope? (2) What is Latin?
Three things that Augustus did to stabilize the empire.
What is (1) winning/ending civil wars, (2) shrank the size of the army, and (3) increased the pay of soldiers?
Holy Communion and resting on Sunday fall under this category in Christian tradition.
In the 400s, the Romans wrote down this law code about family relations, property, inheritance, and more.
What are the Twelve Tables?
The emperor who helped the Byzantine Empire reach its greatest size.
Who is Justinian?
(1) The leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church during the age of the Byzantine empire, and (2) the language in which Orthodox rituals are performed.
(1) Who is the Byzantine emperor? (2) What is Greek?
Three factors of the Imperial Crisis that led to the decline of Rome.
What is (1) corruption, (2) inflation, and (3) foreign invasion?
(1) Christians believe that God takes human form as this person. (2) They also believe that God created this.
(1) Who is Jesus? (2) What is the universe?
Ptolemy wrote this influential book that shaped the way that astronomers viewed the universe until the 1400s.
What is the Almagest?
Three reasons why Constantinople's location was ideal.
Where is (1) the Bosporus Strait/between Black and Mediterranean Seas; (2) between Europe and Asia; and/or (3) a peninsular location?
The three events that led to the Great Schism.
What is (1) disagreements over the Nicene Creed, (2) the iconoclast conflict, and (3) the pope and Byzantine emperor fighting over leadership of Christianity?