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Byzantine EmpireR
chapter 11 section 1
Question | Answer |
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Constantinople | the "New Rome"; established as capital of the Eastern Empire in 330 AD by Constantine;lasted nearly 1000 years carrying on the "glory of Rome" |
Justinian | became emperor in 527 AD and restored most of the land in the West (Africa/Italy) that had been lost to invaders |
Justinian code | a single, uniform code consisting of four works: Codes, Digest, Institutes, and Novellae whose purpose was to unify a complex society |
Greek | official language of the Byzantine Empire & Orthodox faith |
Major accomplishments of Justinian | |
Hagia Sophia | means “Holy Wisdom” in Greek; many visitors hailed it as the most splendid church in the Christian world. |
Accomplishments of the Byzantine Empire | |
Hippodrome | arena built for free public entertainment: races & performances, similar to the Coliseum in Rome |
The "Plague" | arrived on ships from India infested with rats;in 542, the worst year, 10,000 people were dying every day |
Examples of Byzantine diplomacy | used bribes, diplomacy, political marriages, and military power to keep their enemies at bay. |
Schism | in 1054, the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church divided over religious doctrines |
Slavs | hunter-foragers who migrated from the steppes of the Black Sea region to settle in E. Europe & the Balkan region |
Icons | religious images used by Eastern Christians to aid their devotions (similar to rosary); banned by Emperor Leo III in 730 AD, leading to riots and rebellion by clergy and opposition from the Pope who supported their usage |
Cyrillic Alphabet | writing system created by Eastern missionaries St. Cyril and St. Methodius to translate the Bible into Slavic tongue and convert Russian people to Orthodox Christianity |
Battle of Manzikert | Seljuk Turk victory that began the gradual loss of territory in Asia Minor to Muslim armies |
Effect of the 4rth Crusade on Byzantine | |
Boyars | nobles and military leaders of Kievan Rus who elected the grand prince and governed the city-state |