Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire focused on this part of Europe to spread Christianity to.
Eastern Europe
In 1054 CE, after centuries of bitterness, the patriarch of Constantinople and the pope excommunicated each other. What was this event called?
The Great Schism
Justinian issued which of the social laws thanks to his wife, Theodora?
Women could own land
Constantinople was located on a(n) ____________.
Peninsula
The Roman Catholic Church used the Latin language, while the Eastern Orthodox Church used __________________.
Greek
TRUE OR FALSE: Christian missionaries became less important in the church after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
False
This legal code unified the Byzantine Empire under a single set of laws.
Code of Justinian
Constantinople's success was largely due to its regional geography. Between what two continents did Constantinople lie between and trade with?
Europe and Asia
Government officials who carried out Emperor Leo III's orders to remove all icons from churches.
Iconoclasts
Explain how Christianity became diffused between the Western Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire (hint: think about the two main churches).
1) There were differing views on who was the head of the churches.
2) Each empire used a different written language for their religious texts.
3) There were differing views on who was truly God's representative on Earth.
4) There were differing opinions over icons.
Explain why you think Justinian was important architecturally.
Hagia Sophia
How did Constantinople maintain European culture after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
There was a revival in the Roman and Greek studies.
How did Constantinople maintain European culture after the fall of the Western Roman Empire?
There was a revival in the Roman and Greek studies.
TRUE OR FALSE: The Byzantines believed the patriarch of Constantinople and other bishops were equal to the pope.
True
Explain why you think Justinian was important socially.
Giving women the right to own land after their husbands died; gave boys equal education
Constantinople was located between which two seas?
Black Sea and Sea of Marmara
One of Justinian's dreams was to build the biggest church of his time and to awe all those who walked in its doors. This church stood as a representation of some of the greatest Byzantine architecture ever produced.
Hagia Sophia
With help from Paula of Rome, he translated the Christian Bible into Latin
Jerome
Justinian built architecture in the style of _________.
Romans
What two things protected the Constantinople from invaders for almost a thousand years?
A wall blocking the only land entrance to the city and Constantinople having three sides surrounded by water.