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What important historical event happened in 476 AD?
Rome fell
The split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox church is called:
The Great Schism
This strong emperor reconquered much of the Roman Empire's territory at the height of the Byzantine Empire.
Justinian
Constantinople was located on the border of which two continents?
Europe and Asia
How did the city of Constantinople get its name?
From the Roman emperor Constantine.
What important event happened in the Byzantine Empire in 1453?
Justinian built this huge and beautiful church during his reign.
Which Roman ruler made Christianity the official religion of the Roman Empire?
Constantine
This narrow channel of water connects the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
Bosporus Strait
The primary language in the Byzantine Empire was:
Greek
The Byzantine Empire began when Constantine moved the capitol city of Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople, in which year?
330 AD
A revised collection of Rome's laws that told people how they could live and the consequences for breaking the laws.
Justinian's Code
Who helped Justinian rule during his reign?
His wife, Theodora
What used to be Constantinople is now called:
Istanbul
How did Constantinople's location help it become wealthy?
Located on many different trade routes. Also controlled the waterway from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
Crusaders from Europe temporarily took Constantinople in:
1204
Art created using colored tiles:
Mosaic
The head of the Eastern Orthodox church was called a:
patriarch
This famous, ancient trade route from Asia went through Constantinople to get to Europe.
Silk Road
List at least three things that the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox church disagreed about.
icons, who was the leader, divorce, whether priests could marry, language