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Chapter 11
Byzantine, Russia and Turkish Empires
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Eastern Roman Empire Become known as? | Byzantium |
| Who was a Byzantine nobleman who took the throne of the Eastern Empire? | Justinian |
| What was the Justinian Code? | A body of civil law that controlled Byzantine life. |
| What was the name of the church that Justinian built in Constantinople? | The Hagia Sophia |
| What type of government did Byzantium have? | Autocracy |
| What was the main religion? | Eastern Orthodox Christianity |
| What solved the conflicts between Eastern and Western churches? | They split |
| What was an icon? | A religious image |
| Where is the city of Kiev? | Present-day Ukraine |
| What did trade do to the Byzantine empire? | Connected Kiev to the Byzantine Empire |
| What group had a simple political orginization, were organized into clans, farmed and traded and lived in small villages? | The Slavs |
| What did the Vikings do with Constantinople? | Developed a central trade network in the city of Kiev |
| What did Cyril and Methodius do? | They adapted the Greek alphabet to translate the bile into the slavic language. |
| What prince had the greatest impact on connecting the Rus with Byzantine culture? | Prince Vladimir |
| What did Genghis Kahn do? | He united the nomadic Mongols of Central Asia and took over lands from China to Eastern Europe |
| What was the name of the name of the armies that looted and burned Kiev and other Russian towns? | The Golden Horde |
| What are three things the Mongols are known for? | Destructive raids, were fierce conquerers but were not fierce rulers and made people they conquer pay heavy taxes. |
| What leader referred to himself as a tsar? | Ivan III |
| What legacy did Ivan IV leave behind? | Extreme absolute power |
| What empire did the Abbasids rule? | Muslim Empire |
| What did the Seljuks do in 1055? | They attacked and captured Baghdad from the Persians. |
| What was a prime minister in a Muslim Empire called? | A vizier |
| Who was the last strong, effective Seljuk leader? | Malik Shah |
| What group was noted for their military skills? | Turks |
| What were Turkish military slaves called? | mamelukes |
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