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First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

Who is Constantine I

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The belief that icons should be forbidden in churches.

What is iconoclasm?

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Another name for the EASTERN Roman Catholic Church.

What is Eastern Orthodox Church?

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Today we call the Western church of Rome by this name.

What is the Roman Catholic Church?

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The Byzantine Empire preserved learning by....

Writing it down.

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The capital city named for Constantine.
What is Constantinople?
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The Name Hagia Sophia is translated as...

What is holy wisdom?

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Pictures of holy people and saints.
What are icons?
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The head of the western church.
Who is the Pope?
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Byzantine laws that were so good they were even used in modern governments.
What is the Code of Justinian?
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He created the World's first set of codified laws.

Who is Justinian?

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This group took over the Byzantine Empire in the 1400s.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
300

The head of the Eastern Orthodox church.

Who is the patriarch?

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Famous church created by Justinian I ...

What is the Hagia Sophia?

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The term used to describe the official ban from the church.

What is excommunication?

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Theodora was an __________ before she met Justinian.

What is an actress?

400

The name of the city that Constantinople is today.

What is Istanbul?

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Religious pictures made from small pieces of glass and precious gems.

What are Mosaics?

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The Byzantine Empire was well defended by 

What are tall walls surrounding the capital and water on three sides?

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Unlike the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church, the Patriarch in the Eastern Orthodox Church was allowed to do this....

What is get married.

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Constantinople was located in the country called this today.

What is Turkey?

500

One way that the Byzantine Empire influenced Russia.

What is 

Cyrillic Alphabet

Orthodox Church?

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Constantinople was located on this landform.

What is a peninsula?

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One of Justinian I's accomplishments.

What is 

Justinian Code

Reconquering lost Roman territory

Building projects such as Hagia Sofia?

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The name of the event when the Roman Catholic Church split into the West & the East.

What is the Great Schism of 1054.