"Rome Wasn't Built in a Day"
The Roman Empire reached its height from 27BCE-180CE during a period known as the:
What is the Pax Romana?
In Roman society, religious tolerance was given to those who promised to worship the emperor publicly. This was known as the:
What is the "imperial cult?"
The Roman Empire completely surrounded this geographic feature during the Pax Romana.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
Wife of Justinian who fought for women's rights and ruled as an equal.
Who is Theodora?
The Romans practiced religion in the form of:
What is polytheism?
The first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity.
Who is Constantine?
The Parable of a Good Samaritan mostly focused on this teaching of Jesus:
What is "you should love your all people/your enemies?"
What is a peninsula?
Byzantine people considered themselves Roman, but were increasingly influenced by this culture/language.
What is Greek?
The Western Roman Empire fell as a result of this external reason:
What are invasions by Germanic tribes?
The "Father of Monotheism"
Who is Abraham?
The 10 Commandments outlined rules for an individual's relationship with their community and also their relationship with:
What is "God"?
The Roman Empire expanded into Asia minor and conquered this region in the East, which was inhabited by Jewish people.
What is "The Kingdom of Judaea/Israel"?
What are Justinian's Code and rebuilding the Hagia Sophia/city?
The Roman Empire brought fresh water to its cities with this ingenious invention.
What are aqueducts?
Emperor who both restored the empire with conquest to its former glory and bankrupted his Empire for the future.
Who is Justinian?
Christian Apostles departed with certain cultural traditions of Judaism that kept many from converting to monotheism in order to spread Christianity, including the limited diet promoted by Judaism known as:
What is: Kosher?
What is Europe, Asia and Africa?
The western and eastern churches formally separated in 1054 CE in an event known as:
What is "The Great Schism?"
This was ONE of the internal reasons for the decline of the (western) Roman Empire?
What is:
"bad leaders, high taxes, spread of Christianity?"
Jesus of Nazareth gave hope to monotheists by promising them this reward if they followed his teachings:
What is "heaven"?
Both Judaism and Christianity are a version of this, which reinforced the need for its followers to behave morally in all situations.
What is "ethical monotheism"?
What was the major geographic weakness of the Roman Empire, that ultimately helped contribute to its collapse in 476 CE?
What is the empire was too large to defend?
A feat of engineering: these large underground holding tanks helped keep a constant supply of water to the city of Constantinople.
What are "cisterns?"