The Byzantine Empire, Part 1
City which was crossroads of land and sea routes
Constantinople
The most famous Church in Constantinople
Hagia Sophia
Russian word for Caesar
tsar
Roughly triangular arm of land that juts southward into the Mediterranean Sea.
Balkan Peninsula
Holy Images who caused a split in the church
Icons
Known as the "The Body of Civil Law" in the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Justinian Code?
Center of Russian culture.
Kiev
Group of people who share the same language and cultural heritage.
ethnic group
Name of the split between eastern and western Christianity.
Great Schism
He was determined to revive Ancient Rome by recovering lands that had been overrun by invaders.
Justinian
Christian missionaries, Cyril and Methodius, created this alphabet so Slav people could read the Christian Bible.
Cyrillic
An assembly where the vote of a single noble could block the passage of a law
A diet
The areas that Byzantine scholars extended Roman achievements
Engineering and law
He brought much of northern Russia under his rule and recovered Russian territory that had fallen to other groups
Ivan the Great
The Hungarian King, when controlled by the Magyars, had to sign this charter recognizing nobles' rights, much like when King John had to sign the Magna Carta.
What is the Golden Bull of 1222?
How and when did the Byzantine empire fall?
In 1453 Ottoman forces surrounded the city of Constantinople
The Mongol armies that invaded and burned Kiev
Golden Horde
When Jews were beginning to be expelled from Europe in the 1500s, what country welcomed them with tolerance
Poland