Byzantine Empire
Geography of Constantinople - what kind of geographic land mass is it?
Peninsula
One of Justinian's military accomplishments. What were the areas he won back for the empire?
What was winning back parts of North Africa, Italy, and Spain.
The destruction of religious imagery was called what?
Iconoclasm
The greatest church constructed under the reign of Justinian.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Emperor of the Byzantine Empire who wanted to revive the glory of Rome
Who is Justinian?
Former name of Constantinople.
What is Byzantium or New Rome?
What did the emperor provide for jobless people in Constantinople? And what did they have to do in return?
The emperor provided bread in return for cleaning the streets and other jobs around the city.
Improved Roman laws adopted by the Byzantines that influence European and American Laws today.
Justinian's Code
What was the language of the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Church?
What is Greek?
The Western Church supported the worship of these but the Eastern Orthodox Church thought it was wrong to worship them.
What are icons?
Who had supreme authority over the Eastern Orthodox Church and who came just below him? Not specific names but their titles.
Who is the emperor and the patriarch?
The western church was located here.
What is Rome
What events were held in the Hippodrome?
Chariot races.
The division of this happened in 1054. Clue: Rome and Constantinople
What is the church being split--Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox AKA-the Great Schism?
What are Greece and Rome?
Form of public worship - the script for a religious service was called what?
Liturgy or Divine Liturgy
Once the Ottomans conquered Constantinople the city went from Christianity to this religion
Islam
Name the two branches of Christianity after the permanent split in Christianity in 1054:
Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
Who were the Blues and Greens?
Fans of opposing teams.
Justinian's wife.
Who was Theodora?
What empire eventually conquers Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire in the year 1453?
At its height the population of Constantinople was?
One million people
The court historian who wrote the Secret History.
Procopius
In Orthodox churches the image of Jesus was seen as this? It is a Greek term.
The ruler of all.
This emperor banned religious icons in 730 C.E.
Who is Leo III
This pope excommunicated the emperor who banned religious icons in 730 C.E.
Who is Pope Gregory III