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LOCATION
CULTURE
GOVERNMENT
RELIGION
People
100
Bosporus Strait
What is the location of Constantinople?
100
Greek
What is the language of the city of Constantinople
100
12 tables
What is the origin of the Justinian Code?
100
religion of the Byzantine Empire
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity?
100
Yugoslavia
What is the birth place of Justinian
200
Trade
How did Constantinople become so rich and prosperous?
200
Arches, Aqueducts, vaulted ceiling, laws
What were the influences of the Romans?
200
Religion
Why was religion closely linked to government?
200
Top Spiritual leaders of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches
Who are the Patriarch and Pope?
200
Theodora
Who is the wife and co empress of the Byzantine Empire?
300
Christianity
What is formal religion of the city.
300
Fierce rivals
Blues and the Greens
300
Famous revolt
What is the Nika revolt?
300
Icons, Spiritual leadership and culture
What caused the schism of the Roman Catholic church in 1054?
300
Author of the secret history of Justinian
Who is Procopious
400
Taxation of traders
How did the city become so wealthy?
400
Hospitals, homes for the elderly and orphanages
What are the social services provided to the people of Constantinople?
400
Aristocracy
What is the form of government of the Byzantine Empire?
400
Banning of religious symbols
What is Icononclasm? How long did it last?
400
First female empress of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Empress Irene?
500
Seljuk Turks
Who were the conquers of the city of Constantinople?
500
The coliseum of the Byzantine Empir
What is the hippodrome?
500
Taxation, endless conflicts, and debt
What was the negative legacy of Justinian
500
Emperor
Who is the top spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church during the
500
Pope Leo IX
What is Pope tried to reassert western rites upon the Byzantine churches?