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Byzantine Empire
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Western Roman Empire
100
First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Constantine I
100
Schism
What is a split or division.
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

How long was the Pax Romana

200 years

200
The capital city named for Constantine.
What is Constantinople?
200
A narrow water passage connecting to larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
200

Pictures of holy people and saints.

What are icons?

200

Location of the center of the western church.

What is Rome or the Vatican?

200

What is one problem that led to the Fall of Rome?

Germanic Invasions

Economy

Military/Political Issues

Christianity

300
Important and wise leader of the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Justinian or Constantine?
300
This group took over the Byzantine Empire in the 1400s.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
300

Byzantine laws that were so good they were even used in modern governments.

What is the Code of Justinian?

300

Because the Byzantine Empire had these defenses it was able to survive.

Walls, chain

300

What language was spoken on the Western Side of the Empire?

Latin

400
Constantinople was located in the country called this today.
What is Turkey.
400

savage

what are barbarians?

400

City at the center of the eastern church.

What is Constantinople?

400

For this reason, many nations wanted to take over Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire.

What is that it was located at the center of major trade routes?

400

mercenary

Who are individuals who fight for pay rather than their country?

500

Justinian's wife.

Who is Theodora?