These are the two names of the capital of Byzantium.
What is New Rome and Constantinople
100
The strait that Constantinople was located on
What is the Bosporus
100
One of the factors that led to the fall of Rome
What is economic decline, succession problems, attacks on the frontiers, and the size
100
The western church is led by this man, and the eastern church by the other
What is the Pope, and the Patriarch
100
The name of the famous church built during the reign of Justinian
What is Hagia Sofia
200
The language spoken by the Byzantine empire
What is Greek
200
A location that was especially important for Constantinople due to location, and its proximity
What is the Holy Land
200
The name of the Visigoth that led them to take Rome
What is Alaric
200
The definition of an icon
What is a sacred image
200
The topic that Byzantine art is often connected to
What is religion
300
The type of traditions carried on by the Byzantines
What is Roman
300
The movement of the land and sea trade routes, making Constantinople a hub for trade
What is from Europe to Asia, and Black Sea to Marmara (eventually to Mediterranean)
300
This type of barbarian started a chain reaction eventually leading to the fall of Rome
What is the Huns
300
What iconoclasts were denounced as
What is heretics
300
A problem Byzantine architects found while building the Hagia Sophia
What is how a dome can go on a rectangle
400
The name of the type of Catholicism that Byzantium adopted
What is Orthodox
400
The three bodies of water surrounding Constantinople
What is the Bosporus, the Golden Horn, and the Sea of Marmara
400
This civilization attacked Rome from the east
What is the Persians
400
The year of the great schism
What is 1054
400
The name of the triangular shape that filled in the corners and was vital to the building of the Hagia Sophia
What is pendentives
500
The years that The Byzantine Empire survived (range of years)
What is 330-1443
500
A geographic similarity that Constantinople has with Rome, making it more easily defendable
What is located on seven hills
500
The 4 Germanic tribes that conquered Rome, and what provinces they owned
What is Ostrogoths: most of Italy, Greece and the western Balkans. The Vandals: North Africa. The Franks: France. The Saxons: southern England
500
The reason the Pope gave for legalizing the worship of icons
What is it helped illiterate people to understand the faith
500
A quick description of a man in Byzantine art
What is elongated torsos, flat frontal views, small almond shaped heads, with large eyes with arched eyebrows, long noses, and overall weird body proportions