Byzantine Empire 1
First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Constantine l?
A split or division
What is a schism?
Today, we call the Eastern Church this name in Constantinople.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
Today, we call the Western Christian Church of Rome by this name.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
The Byzantine Empire saved books and knowledge from this Western Roman Empire City.
What is Rome?
The capital city that Emperor Constantine named in the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is Constantinople?
The sea in the middle of the Roman Empire.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Symbols or pictures of holy people and saints.
What are icons?
The head of the Western Church.
Who is the Pope?
Over 5,000 Byzantine laws that set the foundation for today's modern governments.
What is Justinian Code?
Two important and wise leaders of the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Justinian and Constantine?
This group conquered and took over the Byzantine Empire in the 1400s.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
The head of the Eastern Church.
Who is the patriarch?
Location of the center of the Western Church.
What is Rome?
Justinian got the idea for Justinian Code from this.
What is the 12 tables?
Justinian's wife's name and the rights she fought for.
Who is Theodora and Women's rights?
The city AND countries name for Constantinople today.
What is Istanbul, Turkey?
Constantinople was located in the country called this today.
What is Turkey?
When the Eastern and Western Christian Churches split.
What is the Great Schism?
The high domed structure built by Justinian in Constantinople.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
The Byzantine empire fell due to disputes over these two things.
What are politics and religion?
These two reasons are why many nations wanted to take over Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.
What is location and trade?
A picture made of many tiny pieces of glass or tile.
What is a mosaic?
This emperor is known for splitting the Roman Empire into 2 sections; East and West.
Who is Diocletian?
One of the greatest military commanders in history under Justinian who was extremely was successful.
Who is Belisarius?