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First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire

Who is Constantine I

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Great Schism of 1054 

formal break and lasting separation between the Roman Catholic Church in the West and the Eastern Orthodox Church

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Today we call the Eastern Church centered in Constantinople by this name.
What is Eastern Orthodox Church or Greek Orthodox Church?
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Today we call the Western Christian church of Rome by this name.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
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The Byzantine Empire saved books and knowledge from these two nations.

What is Greece and Rome.

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The capital city named for Constantine.
What is Constantinople?
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A narrow water passage connecting to larger bodies of water.
What is a strait?
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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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Important and wise leader of the Byzantine Empire.

Who is Justinian 

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This group took over the Byzantine Empire in the 1400s.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
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Head of the eastern church.
Who is the patriarch?
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Location of the center of the western church.
What is Rome or the Vatican?
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“How did the Justinian Code influence the development of legal systems in Europe and beyond?

Compiled, organized, and standardized into ONE unified legal code

Ensured that Roman legal principle- Contracts /Property rights /Personal rights


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Constantinople is located on this strait.
What is Bosporus Strait?
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The name for Constantinople today.
What is Istanbul?
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City at the center of the eastern church.
What is Constantinople?
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Because the Byzantine Empire had these weapons, it was able to survive.

What is Greek Fire 

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How did the Justinian Plague affect the stability and strength of the Byzantine Empire? (2 Examples) 

Farms

Taxes

Land

Resources

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Constantinople was located in the country called this today.
What is Turkey.
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The Byzantine empire fell due to disputes over these two things.
What are politics and religion?
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Justinian's wife.
Who is Theodora?
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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?
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 The spread of the Cyrillic alphabet contribute to the expansion of Orthodox Christianity and Byzantine influence?”


What is religious texts accessible to Slavic peoples in their own language.