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Byzantine Empire
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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 civilizations.

What is Greece and Rome.

200
The capital city named for Constantine.
What is Constantinople?
200

What type of landform is Constantinople on?

What is a peninsula

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?
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
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

Justinian is credited with building one of the most splendid churches of the time. What is it called?

What is the Hagia Sophia

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

Why was Constantinople so hard to conquer?

What is it is surrounded by water on 3 sides and has large walls defending the city.

400

Which new military technology led to the fall of Constantinople?

What is canons that used gunpowder. 

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

Who was the leader of the Ottoman Empire when they conquered Constantinople?

Who is Sultan Mehmed II "the Conqueror"

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

Name two or more reasons why the eastern and western Christian churches split.

What is because 

1. Icon worship

2. Leader of the church (Pope vs. Emperor)

3. Center of the religion

4. Lifestyle of Priest

5. Language