Eastern/western
Which part of the Roman Empire was the first to fall? Characteristics include:
•Latin speaking, agricultural, rural, and less wealth.
Western Rome
When did the empire stop having two separate rulers?
When Rome fell.
Why did Emperor Leo III establish a policy of iconoclasm?
He thought people were worshipping pictures instead of God.
What was Justinian’s Code?
an organized set of laws
Which sentence best describes the lives of the jobless in Constantinople?
They worked in exchange for bread from the emperor.
The Eastern Orthodox missionary Saint Cyril is remembered for creating the Cyrillic…
Alphabet
Justinian built Hagia Sophia as a?
Church
What was the power structure of the Byzantine Empire in religious matters?
The emperor had power over the patriarch.
Open Response:
How did the Byzantine Empire develop and form its own distinctive church?
Formed its own, Eastern Orthodox Church due to differences in views as compared to the West.
Why was Constantinople good for trade?
Good location
Hippo means “horse.” Which events took place in the Hippodrome?
Horse/ chariot racing
What do these places have in common:
• parts of North Africa
• Italy
• southeastern Spain
Justinian I won them back for the empire.
What resulted in 1054, after the pope and patriarch excommunicated members of each other’s clergy?
The Orthodox and Catholic churches completely split.
By the time Charlemagne became Holy Roman emperor, how many years had passed without a Roman emperor in the west?
324 years.
Which event led Justinian I to start a major public works program?
Violent riots destroyed the city.
Who were the Blues and the Greens?
Vassals of opposing nobles.
In the Middle Ages, what is one way in which the Divine Liturgy was different from the Roman Catholic mass?
It could be in the local language.
When the pope crowned Charlemagne as Holy Roman emperor, the Byzantines were angry because they felt that?
their empress should rule the remains of the Roman Empire.