Byzantine Empire (1)
How was the Byzantine empire an outgrowth of the Roman empire?
Was once part of the Roman Empire, used Roman laws
The Byzantine empire reached its greatest size under his rule.
Who is Justinian?
Type of land form that provided a highway for nomads; large area of flat unforested grassland.
What is a steppe?
In the 900s, West Slavs of Poland were influenced by missionaries spreading...
Roman Catholicism
After the Great Schism, the Byzantine Church became known as the...
Eastern Orthodox Church
The reform in the Byzantine empire Justinian is most known for.
What is reformed the law; Justinian Code
The church that was beautified and improved during the Byzantine Empire.
What is Hagia Sophia?
Vital trading city, linked Vikings, Slavs, and Constantinople.
What is Kiev?
This country reached the height of power when Queen Jadwiga married a Lithuanian duke.
What is Poland?
This ruler issued laws that tied Russian serfs to the land
Ivan the Terrible
The language of the Byzantine church.
What is Greek?
Permanent split between Eastern Orthodox Church and Roman Catholic Church.
What is schism?
in the 800s, Constantinople sent two Greek monks, Cyril and Methodius, to Kiev to do what?
Create an adapted Greek alphabet to translate the Bible into a slavic tongue (Cyrillic)
Trade and travel routes linked this area with the Byzantine Empire and the Ottoman Empire.
What are the Balkans?
The development of Kiev and its culture was the result of the blended cultures of what two peoples?
Slavs and Vikings
This was outlawed by emperors of Byzantine Christianity; cause of schism between east and west Christianity
What is the use of icons?
The main holy day in Byzantine Christianity.
What is Easter?
The leader behind Moscow's success; sought to limit the power of landowning nobles.
Who is Ivan the Great?
This weakened the government of Poland-Lithuania in the 1600s
Free-veto
Islam was introduced to some ares of the Balkans in the 1300s by the invading...
Ottomans
What is the group that finally conquered the Byzantine empire?
Who were the Ottoman Turks (Muslims)?
This city commanded key trade routes linking Europe and Asia
What is Constantinople?
This group of people introduced absolute power, cut Russia off from western Europe, ruled Russia for 240 years.
Who are the Mongols?
Along which two rivers did goods and cultural influences travel?
Danube and Vistula
Who adopted Roman Catholicism in Hungary?
Magyars