The Byzantine Empire: The Beauty of Constantinople
The Roman Empire was divided into _____ parts.
two
His parents weren't important people, they were just ______.
peasants
Theodora's ran a ______ at the Hippodrome.
circus
This new Hagia Sophia had great domes, big windows, and huge open spaces. Inside it was decorated with paintings and ______.
mosaics
The _______ _____ is a tragic time in history when Christians fought against other Christians over the issue of idolatry.
Iconoclast Controversy
Constantinople became the _______ city in the world.
capital
Justinian's parents sent him to ________ so he could go to school.
Constantinople
One day, Theodora was walking in the market when she saw ________.
Justinian
By setting the pieces together, artists could make beautiful ______.
patterns
Over time, as Christianity spread throughout Europe, the issue of _____ became fuzzy.
idolatry
The most beautiful building in Constantinople is the _______ _______, which is Constantinople's biggest church.
Hagia Sophia
When the emperor died, Justinian was named ruler of the _______ empire.
Byzantine
When Justinian became the Emperor, Theodora became the ______.
Empress
Finally the Christian church divided into _____ groups.
two
The Byzantine emperor named ______ thought that all imagery was quite superstitious and completely irreverent.
Eventually, the Byzantine Empire spread all around the ________ Sea.
Mediterranean
Justinian became Emperor in _______ AD.
527
Theodora told Justinian he could run away if he wanted to, but that she wasn't willing to give up her royal _____ ______.
purple cloak and crown
Those who believed in the authority of the Pope became known as the ______ ________.
Roman Catholics
In ________ AD Leo III ordered, through an edict that all the statues in the churches be removed and that pictures of saints be painted over and whitewashed!
726
The part of Roman Empire that still had Rome in it was called the ______ Roman Empire.
Western
Finally the new set of laws was finished and it was called the: _____ ___ _______.
Code of Justinian
For the rest of his life, he was grateful to Theodora for keeping him in _______.
Constantinople
Those further east including the Byzantine Empire became known as the _____ or _______.
Orthodox, Eastern Orthodox
God told _____ in the Ten Commandments that idolatry was wrong according to Exodus 20:3-5.
Moses