Constantinople
This Emperor renamed Byzantium to Constantinople in 330 CE?
What is Constantine
He was known for documenting much about the ________ during the Byzantine Empire
What is the plague
He was Justinian's uncle and was co-emperor with him for a time
what is Justin I
The date that internal conflict (riots) destroyed half of Constantinople and its historic church
532 CE
He was Justinian's General of the military
Belisarius
In 285, this Emperor divided the Roman empire
What is Diocletian
He was a legal advisor and secretary to this general
Who is Belisarius
Thee territories that Justinian recaptured
What is the Vandal Kingdom (Northern Africa), Southern Spain, and Rome
The date that Justinian's wife died
548 CE
He was witness to Justinian's plague
Procopius
Today Constantinople is known as ____________
What is Istanbul
During the plague Procopius stated that _____ the population of Constantinople died.
what is one half 1/2
The name of the unified laws created for the Byzantine Empire
What is The Code of Justinian or Justinians Corpus
Timeframe when Justinian had all the laws in the Empire gathered
529-534 CE
The church that is known as Byzantines finest example of architecture
Hagia Sophia
Constantinople was a major trade link between these 2 continents
What is Asia and Europe
During the plague, Procopius stated that ______ the entire Empire's population died
what is one quarter (1/4)
A major strategist in the rule of the Byzantine Empire and Justinian's wife
who is Theodora
The medieval period of the Byzantine empire lasted from ___________ until ____________
500 CE - 1500 CE
What was Byzantines great church used as when it was taken over
a mosque
The name of the strait that links the Black Sea and the Mediterranean
What is the Bosporus
name the 3 books written by Procopius, that documented the expansion of the Empire as well as the plague.
what is The Wars of Justinian, Buildings, and The Secret History
How did Justinian come up with the set of laws that ruled the Byzantine Empire
he had all laws gathered and he revised, edited, and deleted to create 4 books.
The year they reconquered the Persian Sasanians
530 CE
They ruled over the Byzantine Empire when Justinian became ill with the plague
Theodora