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Byzantine Empire
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Roman emperor who moved the capital city of Rome to Byzantium.

Who is Constantine?

100

This is the term used to describe the split between the Eastern and Western churches.

What is the Great Schism?

100
Today we call the Eastern Church centered in Constantinople by this name.
What is Eastern Orthodox Church or Greek Orthodox Church?
100
Today we call the Western Christian church of Rome by this name.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
100

The massive and beautiful church created by Justinian.

What is the Hagia Sophia?

200
The capital city named for Constantine.
What is Constantinople?
200

This type of sickness killed thousands of people in the Byzantine Empire, and returned every 10-12 years.

What are Plagues?

200
Pictures of holy people and saints.
What are icons?
200
The head of the western church.
Who is the Pope?
200
Byzantine laws that were so good they were even used in modern governments.
What is the Code of Justinian?
300

Considered the greatest Byzantine Emperor..developed a written code of law.

Who is Justinian?

300

The Byzantines preserved works from these two cultures by copying them and illustrating them?

What are Greek and Roman?

300

Head of the Eastern church.

Who is the patriarch?

300
Location of the center of the western church.
What is Rome or the Vatican?
300

The Hagia Sophia is now this.

What is a Museum?

400

The body of water where Constantinople is located.

What is the Bosporus?

400
The name for Constantinople today.
What is Istanbul?
400
City at the center of the eastern church.
What is Constantinople?
400
Orthodox priests can do this but catholic priests can't.
What is get married?
400
This group defeated the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Ottoman Turks?
500

The sporting event central to life in Constantinople.

What are chariot races?

500

Works of art in public and religious structures that are made from materials like glass and tile.

What are mosaics?

500

The year in which the Byzantine Empire fell under Turkish control.

What is 1453?

500
This is the language of the Roman Catholic church.
What is Latin?
500

These two things weakened the Byzantine Empire soon after Justinian died.

What are Debts and the Plague?