Byzantine Empire
First Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Constantine I
The belief that icons should be forbidden in churches.
What is iconoclasm?
Another name for the EASTERN Roman Catholic Church.
What is Eastern Orthodox Church?
Today we call the Western church of Rome by this name.
What is the Roman Catholic Church?
The Byzantine Empire preserved learning by....
Writing it down.
The Name Hagia Sophia is translated as...
What is holy wisdom?
He created the World's first set of codified laws.
Who is Justinian?
The head of the Eastern Orthodox church.
Who is the patriarch?
Famous church created by Justinian I ...
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Location of Chariot Races and the Circus
What is the Hippodrome?
Theodora was an __________ before she met Justinian.
What is an actress?
A czar.
What is the name of a Russian ruler?
Religious pictures made from small pieces of glass and precious gems.
What are Mosaics?
The Byzantine Empire was well defended by
What are tall walls surrounding the capital and water on three sides?
Unlike the Pope in the Roman Catholic Church, the Patriarch in the Eastern Orthodox Church was allowed to do this....
What is get married.
Constantinople was located in the country called this today.
What is Turkey?
The Byzantine empire was weakened by these things...
What are invasions, plagues, politics and religion?
Constantinople was located on this landform.
What is a peninsula?
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?
The name of the event when the Roman Catholic Church split into the West & the East.
What is the Great Schism of 1054.