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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
The Byzantine Empire saved books and knowledge from these two nations.
What is Greece and Rome.
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

This Byzantine Emperor made the decision to rule with the power of Jesus Christ

Who is Constantine?

200

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

What is the Code of Justinian?

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

Basil II did this to the Bulgarian Army

What is blind them?

300

Location of the center of the western church.

What is Rome or the Vatican?

300

The walls around Constantinople bear the name of this child emperor

Who is Theodosius II

400
Constantinople is located on this strait.
What is Bosporus Strait?
400
The name for Constantinople today.
What is Istanbul?
400

City at the center of the eastern church.

What is Constantinople?

400

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

Walls, chain, trebuchet

400

This Ottoman leader laid siege to the city of Constantinople in 1453

Who is Sultan Mehmed

500
Constantinople was located in the country called this today.
What is Turkey.
500

This Emperor was responsible for building a great system of aqueducts in Constantinople.

Who is Valens?

500

Justinian's wife.

Who is Theodora?

500

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?

500

Reasons Constantine chose this new location for his capital city

What is because Excellent geography, easily protected, good harbor, trade crossroads