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Byzantine Empire
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First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Constantine I
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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
The head of the western church.
Who is the Pope?
200
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 or Constantine?
300
This group took over the Byzantine Empire in the 1400s.
Who are the Ottoman Turks?
300
Head of the eastern church.
Who is the patriarch?
300
Location of the center of the western church.
What is Rome or the Vatican?
300

What was the Riot that Justinian put down?

What is the Nika Riots

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

On what geographic crossroads did the Byzantine Empire form?

What is between Europe and Asia?

400

How did the Roman pope and the Byzantine patriarch deal with theological differences?

What is they clashed, and the patriarch was excommunicated?

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

What aspects of Byzantine culture are observed in the Hagia Sophia?

What is mosaic art and architecture?

500
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?
500

What year did the Byzantine Empire Fall under Turkish control?

What is 1453