Defense System
Walls that protected Constantinople
What is the Theodasian Walls
Emperor built the Hagia Sophia
Who is Justinian 1
The city is the capital of the Byzantine empire
What is Constantinople
The Byzantine empire was the eastern continuation of this earlier empire
What is the Roman empire
water that is surrounded on three sides that is used to defend places
What is a peninsula
Empress and wife of Justinian 1
Who is Theodora
Massive cathedral in Constantinople
What is the Hagia Sophia
What is Theodasian walls
Natural harbor was easily defended by
What is chained walls
This Emperor ruled before and was named after Constantinople
Who is Constantinople
People in the Byzantine empire followed this religion
What is Christianity
This led to slaughtering 30,000 people
What is the Nika riots
This emperor tried to save the Roman empire by dividing it
This Emperor created a collection of laws
What is Justinian's Code
Main language of Byzantine empire
What is Greek
This event divided the Christian church into the Roman catholic and eastern Orthodox church
What is the Great Schism
This Emperor Founded the city of Constantinople and made it the capital of the Byzantine empire
Who is Constantine the great
This branch of Christianity developed in the Byzantine empire and split from the Roman Catholic church
What is eastern Orthodox church
By 476 these enemies conquered the western Roman empire
Who is the Germanic Barbarians