click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Lesson 5 vocab-oc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eastern Orthodox Christianity | A branch of Christianity that developed in the Byzantine Empire and that did not recognize the Pope as its supreme leader. |
| Architechture | The science of planning and constructing buildings. |
| Roman Catholicism | A branch of Christianity that developed in the western Roman empire and that recognized the Pope as its supreme head. |
| Diocletian | Roman emperor who divided the empire in two and oversaw the eastern part. |
| Constantine | Roman emperor who founded Constantinople as the new eastern capital of the Roman empire. |
| Palestine | Region in southwestern Asia that became the ancient home of the Jews; the ancient Roman name for Judea; in recent times, the British protectorate that became Israel in 1947. |
| Constantinople | A city established as the new eastern capital of the Roman empire by the emperor Constantine in A.D. 330, now called Istanbul; 41 Degrees north, 29 Degrees east. |
| Byzantine Empire | The name by which the eastern half of the Roman empire became known some time after A.D. 400. |