Constantinople
Constantinople became the new capital of the Roman Empire under this emperor.
Who is Constantine?
This emperor ruled the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 565.
Who is Justinian I?
The Byzantine Church became known by this name.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
The conflict between east and west led to the division of this religion.
What is Christianity?
The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of this empire in the east.
What is the Roman Empire?
Constantinople’s strategic location made it a center for this activity, linking east and west.
What is trade?
This wife of Justinian encouraged him to stay and fight during a major rebellion.
Who is Theodora?
The Greek word "orthodox" means this.
What is right belief?
The formal term for this split between the Eastern and Western Churches is called this.
What is a schism?
The Byzantine Empire ended when it was conquered by this group in 1453.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
This natural feature protected Constantinople on three sides.
What is water?
This famous building, whose name means “Holy Wisdom,” was one of Justinian’s major projects.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
This church service, similar to the Roman Catholic Mass, is central to Orthodox worship.
What is the Divine Liturgy?
In 1054, Pope Leo IX excommunicated this leader of the Eastern Church.
Who is Patriarch Cerularius?
This emperor moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium.
Who is Constantine?
Byzantine citizens could watch exciting chariot races at this famous stadium.
What is the Hippodrome?
This legal code, created under Justinian, organized and revised Roman laws.
What is Justinian's Code?
This saint created an alphabet to help spread Christianity to Eastern Europe.
Who is Saint Cyril?
This practice, also known as “icon smashing,” was a major source of disagreement between the two churches.
What is iconoclasm?
After the schism, the western church became known by this name.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
In 532, two factions united in a rebellion that nearly destroyed the city. Name these rival groups.
What are the Blues and the Greens?
This historian wrote both glowing accounts of Justinian and a “Secret History” critical of him.
Who is Procopius?
This title was given to the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church in Constantinople.
Who is the Emperor?
In 800, Pope Leo III crowned this Frankish king as Holy Roman Emperor, angering the Byzantines.
Who is Charlemagne?
In the 1960s, leaders of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches met in this city to undo the excommunications of 1054.
What is Jerusalem?