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New Rome
Church
Effects of Empire
Miscellaneous
100
Icons
What are religious images used to aid devotion
100
The Byzantine general who recaptured most of the Roman Empire
Who is Belisarius
100
All 11th century Roman Catholic services were in this language
What is Latin
100
When these were banned by Emperor Leo it caused many Byzantines to riot
What is icons
100
He succeeded his uncle to the throne of the Byzantine Empire and regained Rome's lost glory
Who is Justinian
200
Patriarch
Who is the leader of the Orthodox Church
200
It caused the Roman Empire to split in half - the east becoming the Byzantine Empire
What is communication problems
200
In 1053 AD this church split from the Roman Catholic Church (oftentimes called the Great Schism)
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church
200
This empire lasted until 1453AD, almost one thousand years longer than the Roman Empire
What is the Byzantine Empire
200
It killed thousands of Byzantines between the years 542-700 AD
What is the plague
300
Excommunication
What is to make one an outcast of the church
300
It is the accumulation of all the laws of the Roman and Byzantine Empires
What is the Justinian Code
300
Unlike the Roman Catholic church the priests in the Eastern Orthodox church were allowed to
What is marry
300
The reason the Byzantine Empire was rich
It was the center of trade
300
The name of the present day country where Constantinople is located
What is Turkey
400
Pope
Who is the leader of the Roman Catholic Church
400
It was called the most splendid church of the Byzantine Empire
What is the Hagia Sophia
400
Married couples were not allowed to do this in the Roman Catholic Church during the 11th century
What is divorce
400
It's name eventually was changed to Istanbul
What is Constantinople
400
The reason why Constantinople was so hard to conquer
It is protected by water on three sides
500
Cyrillic Alphabet
What is the alphabet for Slavic languages
500
The Germanic tribe that sacked (destroyed) Rome
Who were the Vandals
500
The religion of the Ottoman Turks
What is Islam (Muslims)
500
The Byzantines preserved the culture of these two civilizations
What are the Greeks and Romans
500
The most powerful woman in Byzantine history and a chief adviser to Justinian
Who is Theodora