Slavs
The people living in the forests north of Byzantium.
Who are the Slavs?
He reconquered Rome, created the Justinian code, and created the Hagia Sophia.
Who is Justinian?
Believed to be the most beautiful church in the world.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
The Russian word for Emperor.
What is a Czar?
According to legend, the Slavs invited this Viking to be their King.
Who is Rurik?
The alphabet of the Slavic languages, used to allow Slavs to read the bible in their own language.
What is Cyrillic?
The set of laws made by Justinian to create a uniform code across his empire.
What is the Justinian code?
Banishment from the Church
What is excommunication?
He convinced the Russian Nobility to work with the Mongols, ensuring the safety of Russia.
Who is Alexander Nevsky?
The offshoot of the Mongol Empire who conquered southern Russia.
What is the Khanate of the Golden Horde?
Grandson of Olga of Kiev, converted Kievian Rus to Christianity.
Who is Vladimir?
Empress of Byzantium, was just as powerful as her husband and helped keep him in the city during the Nika rebellion.
Who is Theodora?
The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Who is the Patriarch?
He became Grand prince of Russia and convinced the patriarch to move to Moscow.
Who is Ivan I?
A giant amphitheater designed for horse racing, a great riot and massacre happened here.
What is the Hippodrome?
He made alliances via marriage, made a code of law, and made Kievian Rus's first library.
Who is Yaroslav the Wise?
Plague from India, at its height it killed 10,000 people a day in Constantinople.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
Used as an aid in worship, banned in Eastern Orthodoxy.
He ended Mongol rule and became the first Czar of Russia.
Who is Ivan III?
He was the general who reconqured Rome for Byzantium.
Who was Belisarius?
He ruled the Golden Horde and conquered the city of Kiev.
Who is Batu Khan?
The main road in Constantinople, means "Middle Way".
What is the Mese?
The split between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is the Great Schism?
The river at which the Mongols were repelled without any fighting.
What is the Ugra River?
Free Space
Patriarch was twice, we got extra room