Byzantine Empire
Constantine tried to build a capital like _________
Rome
Methodius and _______, both monks, created an alphabet for the Slavic languages and used it to translate the Bible.
Cyril
Historians call the period after the fall of Rome the ___________
Dark Ages
_________ was Rome's first Cristian emperor and built Constantinople.
Constantine
Who rebuilt the Kremlin?
Ivan the Great
The _________ was like Rome's Colosseum.
Hippodrome
________, an early Russian king, married the sister of the Byzantine emperor.
Vladimir
_______ brought the Franks together and made Paris his capital.
Clovis
The Byzantine emperor _______ ordered a code of all Roman laws.
Justinian
The _______ were one of the largest of the German tribes.
Franks
Historians think that ____________ was the greatest emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Justinian
Historians date the founding of Russia to A.D. 862 when Prince ______ became ruler.
Rurik
In A.D. 800, Pope Leo III named ________ as the "Emperor of the Romans."
Charlemagne
Cyril and _______, invented and alphabet so the Slavic people could read the Bible.
Methodius
In A.D. 800, united all of Western Europe.
Charlemagne
Justinian built the beautiful church known as the __________.
Hagia Sophia
Prince Alexander became a hero to the Russians, and they called him ______ because of the place where he won a great battle.
Nevsky
The Vikings visited Iceland, Greenland, and ______.
Newfoundland
Justinian built a great church called the ________
Hagia Sophia
Pope ______ crowned Charlemagne "Emperor of the Romans."
Leo III
People in the Byzantium Empire began to fight over the use of ______, or small pictures of saints and Jesus.
icons
Ivan the Great rebuilt the _______ as the center for church and government.
The Battle of _________ took place in 1066.
Hastings
What Prince became the ruler the year Russia was founded?
Rurik
The ____ who were excellent sailors, came from northern Europe.
Vikings