The Fall of Rome
This emperor divided the Roman Empire to make it more manageable.
Constantinople was built on a piece of land surrounded by water on three sides, also known as this.
What is a peninsula?
Justinian's most famous and impressive building project was this church in Constantinople.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Today we call the Western Christian church of Rome by this name.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
Russia and much of Eastern Europe adopted this religion from the Byzantine Empire.
What is Orthodox Christianity?
An economic problem where the Romans bought more than they produced.
What is a trade imbalance?
The city's location was a crossroads for trade between these two continents.
What are Europe and Asia?
Justinian's most lasting contribution, which served as the basis for Western legal codes for 900 years.
What is the Justinian Code?
This was the language used in the liturgy of the Western Church, centered in Rome.
What is Latin?
This alphabet was created to help Russians and other Slavic people read the Bible.
What is the Cyrillic alphabet?
As the empire went into debt, the military weakened and began using these hired foreign soldiers.
What are mercenaries?
The location of Constantinople provided protection from the Germanic invasions that were happening in this part of the empire.
What is the Western Empire?
A major goal of Justinian's was to reconquer the former territories of this empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
The Hagia Sophia is now this.
What is a Mosque?
This group conquered the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE.
Who were the Germanic tribes?
The name for Constantinople today.
What is Istanbul?
he fall of the Western Roman Empire led to this period in European history, also known as the "Dark Ages."
What are the Middle Ages?
Constantinople preserved classical culture from these two ancient civilizations.
Who were the Greeks and Romans?
Justinian’s most effective and important general.
Who is Belisarius?
After the split, Christians in the West became the Roman Catholic Church, and Christians in the East became this.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
convinced Justinian not to flee but to stay and fight during the Nika Riot
Who is Theodora?