People
Who built Hagia Sofia?
Who is Justinian?
The capital of byzantine empire is?
What is Constantinople?
Main religion in the empire was
What is Christianity?
1453, Constantinople was taken by the _____.
Who are the Ottomans (Ottoman Turks)?
Main language spoken later in the empire.
What is Greek?
Famous Byzantine emperor who made a big law code.
Who is Justinian?
What Constantinople is called today.
What is Istanbul?
Religious pictures used in churches.
What are icons?
The Byzantine Empire is also called the Eastern ____ Empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
Byzantines called themselves ____ (even though they spoke Greek).
What are Romans?
The Byzantine leader is called an “_____.”
What is an emperor?
The sea the Byzantines controlled in trade (near them).
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
A big church in Constantinople (famous building).
What is the Hagia Sophia?
A major trade and culture center: Constantinople sat on important ____ ____.
What is trade routes?
A common Byzantine symbol was the double-headed _____.
What is an eagle?
Two missionaries who helped spread Christianity to the Slavs
Who are Cyril and Method?
The empire was located on two continents: Europe and _____.
What is Asia?
The Christian church in Byzantium is called the Eastern ____ Church
What is Orthodox?
A major stadium for chariot racing in Constantinople.
What is the Hippodrome?
A Byzantine-style building often has a large ____ on top.
What is a dome?
This group guarded the emperor.
What is the Varangian Guard?
The western part of the old Roman Empire was based around this city (comparison).
What is Rome?
The split between Eastern and Western Christianity (1054) is called the _____ _____.
What is The Great Schizm?
Crusaders captured Constantinople in the year _____.
What is 1204?
The Byzantines were famous for making colorful church pictures called mosaics, made from tiny pieces of _____.
What is glass/stone (tiles)?