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TCI 6
The Byzantine Empire
Term | Definition |
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public works | construction projects built by a government for public use, such as buildings, roads, and bridges |
Justinian | Emperor of the Byzantine Empire from 527 to 565 |
Byzantine Empire | a great empire that straddled two continents, Europe and Asia, and lasted from about 500 to 1453 C.E. |
Constantinople | a city on the eastern edge of Europe that the emperor Constantine made the capital of the Byzantine Empire |
Eastern Orthodox Church | a Christian religion that arose in the Byzantine Empire |
patriarch | in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the bishop of an important city |
liturgy | a sacred rite of public worship |
icon | a type of religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel and considered scared by Eastern Orthodox Christians |
iconoclasm | "icon smashing;" led to the destruction of religious art |
schism | a formal division in a church or religious body |
cultural diffusion | the spread of cultural elements from one society to another |