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Constantinople
Justinian I
Miscellaneous
Byzantine Leaders
Vocabulary
100
The Greek city state that is the site of Constantinople?
What is Byzantium?
100
Empress and influential adviser to Justinian
Who is Theodora?
100
Religious images
What are icons?
100
Frankish emperor whose crowning angered Byzantines
Who is Charlemagne?
100
Wealth brought by a women when she marries is called a(n) _________________
What is dowry?
200
This was NOT an advantage of the site of Constantinople
What is the city being surrounded by rich delta farmland?
200
The legal scholar that supervised the writing of a legal code know as the Justinian Code
Who is Tribonian?
200
The missionary that gave the Slavic people a new alphabet
Who is Cyril?
200
He is considered to be the greatest Byzantine emperor
Who is Justinian?
200
Chemical weapon used by the Byzantines
What is Greek fire?
300
The most important difference between Rome and the new Constantinople
What is the religious atmosphere?
300
The most important factor in unifying the Byzantine Empire was ________________
What is Eastern Christianity?
300
Impressive church built by Justinian
What is the Hagia Sophia?
300
Emperor who moved his capital out of Rome
Who is Constantine?
300
The emperor that ordered a stop to the use of icons in religious worships
Who is Leo III?
400
When the empire no longer needed a large army in the 1100s a change in policy lost the loyalty of ____________
Who are the farmers?
400
When a revolt threatened Justinian's rule, his best advice came from _________________
Who is Theodora?
400
The study of religion
What is theology?
400
_______________ power over government, church, and law describes the powers of a Byzantine emperor
What is supreme power?
400
Eastern Orthodox Church officials in charge of large cities
What is metropolitans?
500
The Venetians were harmed the Byzantines in the eleventh century by taking over __________ in their own ships
What is taking over trade in their own ships?
500
To regain the lands of the old Roman Empire, Justinian had to defeat ________________ in Western Europe and North Africa
Who were the German kingdoms?
500
The most important Byzantine influence on modern government comes from _________________
What is Justinian's code of laws?
500
The leader of the Church in the Byzantine empire was the ___________ of Constantinople
Who was the Patriarch?
500
The officer appointed to reorganize and lead the Byzantine army
Who is Belisarius?