Missionaries sent by Byzantine government responsible for conversion of southern Russia and Balkans to Orthodox Christianity as well as the creation of a written script for the slavic language.
Who are Cyril and Methodius
100
Which classical civilization had a similar political system to the Byzantine empire?
What is early China
100
Russians were heavily influenced by what neighboring empire?
What is the Byzantine empire
100
Eastern and Western Christianity began to diverge in the 4th century when westerners translated what into Latin?
What is the Greek Bible
100
The Byzantine empire entered a long period of decline after what important religious event?
What is the split between Eastern and Western churches.
200
Russian aristocrats who possessed less political power than those in the west.
Who are the Boyars
200
What were the Positive contributions of the Byzantine emperor, Justinian?
What are the rebuilding of Constantinople and the systemizing of the Roman legal code
200
How was Russian government organized?
what is in a monarchy.
200
What role did language play in the appeal of Eastern Christianity to converts?
What is Eastern orthodoxy's flexibility to use local languages in services as opposed to Western Christianity's sole use of Latin.
200
In the late 11th century, who seized almost all of the Asiatic provinces of the Byzantine empire?
Who are the Seljuk Turks
300
Said to have founded the first Russian kingdom of Kiev in 855.
Who is Rurik
300
Which invading group did the Byzantines manage to deter through their use of the weapon Greek Fire?
Who are the Arabs.
300
Which Russian prince converted his nation to Christianity?
Who is Vladimir I
300
In which year did the "schism" or split of the church occur?
When is 1054
300
Ultimately, who conquered the Byzantine empire in 1461?
Who are the Turks
400
Lived from 978 to 1054, issued legal codification based on formal law codes developed in Byzantium.
Who is Yaroslav
400
In which year did the "schism" or split of the church occur?
When is 1054
400
What was the final factor that caused the Kievan empire to collapse?
What are two invasions from Mongols during the 12th century.
400
Which art form did the Russian church try to suppress because they believed it was pagan?
Oral tradition, which combined music, street performance and theatre.
400
After the Byzantine emperor lost the battle of what in which year, did the Byzantine empire never recover?
What is the battle of Manizikert in 1071
500
Medieval state spanning parts of modern Belarus, Ukraine and Russia. Existed from the end of the ninth to the middle of the thirteenth century.
What is Kievan Rus.
500
As had Hammurabi's code, ____________, became the basic law code for his state and influenced future law codes.
What is Justinian's Code (laws for the Byzantine empire)
500
The first Russian state arose when _____
Norse traders established the city of Kiev along their trade route between Scandinavia and Constantinople.
500
Russian and Ukrainian art was religiously focused, Their specialty being _______
What is icon painting and illuminated religious manuscripts.
500
Which peoples and states contributed to the destruction of the Byzantine empire?
Who are the Seljuk Turks, Western crusaders and the Roman Catholic Church and italian trading city states.