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Byzantine Empire Rev
Byzantine Empire review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Emperor at the height of the Byzantine Emperor | Justinian |
| preserved Rome's legal heritage | Justinian's code |
| means Holy Wisdom | Hagia Sophia |
| a great example of Byzantine Architecture which still exists today in Constantinople | Hagia Sophia |
| The Byzantine Emperor was believed to be this in relation to the church | God's Representative |
| A natural crossroads for trade | Constantinople |
| Constantinople was considered the New Rome because its early Emperors were _______ and spoke ________ | Roman, Latin |
| This was divided by Constantine's will and actually took place in 395 a.d. | The Roman Empire |
| After the Roman Empire fell the eastern empire was called the __________ empire and the western empire was called the ________ _________ empire | Byzantine, Western Roman |
| The ____________ empire was an international empire as part of its population was Egyptian, Slavs, Turks, Arabs, Jews and other peoples | Byzantine |
| This world formed the heart of the Byzantine Empire | the Greek |
| she persuaded her husband to issue a decree allowing women to own land equal to the wealth she brought into the marriage | Theodora |
| ruled at the height of the Byzantine Empire | Justinian |
| Justinian appointed a commission to codify or classify __________ laws | Roman |
| church officials such as priests and bishops are also called | clergy |
| The supporters of Leo the III'S position in the Icon controversy were called | Iconoclasts |
| In 787 A.D. this council approved the use of Icons | Council of Nicaea |
| means separation | Schism |
| the patriarch of Rome, the Pope and the patriarch of Constantinople disagreed over matters of | doctrine |
| the center of social life for most Byzantines was the | family |
| this was a sacred Institution to the Byzantines | marriage |
| The base of the Byzantine economy was | agriculture |
| these people were expected to live partly in seclusion | women |
| the Byzantines traded agricultural goods, furs and slaves for this type of goods | luxury |
| Some women became educated and influential in the government as a result of this persons efforts early in the history of the empire | Theodora |
| the source of most objects of Byzantine Art were _____________ objects | religious |
| Justinian sent two monks to China and they stole some ______ _____ eggs | silk worm |
| tiny pieces of colored glass or flat stone set in plaster were called | mosaics |
| the major Byzantine Industry was | weaving |
| the most popular piece of Byzantine Art was the | Icon |
| Books decorated with elaborate designs, beautiful lettering and miniature paintings were called | Illuminated Manuscripts |
| Education played an important part in Byzantine Culture; The University of Constantinople trained _________ and ________ for overnment jobs | Scholars, lawyers |
| Byzantine Literature focused on the __________ of the soul and _________ to God's will | salvation, obedience |
| The Scholars primary job was to copy the writings of the ancient ________ and _______ | Greeks and Romans |
| By copying the writings of the ancient Greeks and Romans the Byzantines helped spread ___________ knowledge to the western world | classical |
| monasteries were ___________ communities where ______ sought to develop a spiritual way of life. | religious, monks |
| missionaries are people who | carry a religious message |
| there were two successful missionaries that we discussed in the Byzantine Empire who felt that Christianity would be more successful with the Slavic people; one was Methodius and the second was | Cyril |
| Cyril devised an alphabet for the Slavic language, it is called the __________ alphabet | Cyrillic |
| The Byzantine Empire suffered frequent attacks from its beginning, Lombards, Avars, lavs etc but a new enemy of the empire moved in from the middle east; they were the | Muslims |
| The Normans seized the Byzantine lands in Southern Italy, Venice a prominent trade city agreed to help the Byzantines and failed, this event disrupted trade and the Byzantines lost control of their trade which weakened the | economy |
| years of fighting weakened the empire; the ____________ Turks attacked the Eastern Provinces and eventually laid siege to Constantinople | Ottoman |
| The Byzantine Empire protected the Christian lands to the North and with its demise (look it up)central Europe lay open to ________ forces | Islamic |
| The leadership of the _____________ __________ world passed from the Byzantines to the Slavs | Eastern Orthodox |
| The immense plain North of the Black Sea | Steppe |
| By 500 A.D. there are three distinct groups setting different parts of Europe they were the | Western, Southern and Eastern Slavs |
| Early Eastern Slavs villages were made up of related __________ | families |
| church members who are not clergy are known as the | Laity |
| The Early Eastern Slavs were not warlike , by the late 800's AD they depended on the __________ to protect their trade routes | Vikings |
| The arrival of the Vikings was recorded in the ________ _______ | Primary Chronicle |
| The Viking leader was named | Rurik |
| The Slavs called the area that the Vikings controlled the ____ from which the country name ______ was derived | Rus, Russia |
| The city of Kiev was captured by Rurik's successor | Prince Oleg |
| Kiev was on a major trade route and control of the city all Oleg to dominate the ________ trade route | water |
| The Slavic territories known as the Kievan Rus raided the city of _______________ attracted by the wealth and civilization of the capital city | Constantinople |
| By 900 A.D. The Kievan Rus was organized into a collection od city-states and __________ which means Territories, they had local governments but paid respect to the Grand Prince of Kiev | Principalities |
| Assistants to the Prince were called _________, they were councils of wealthy merchants and landed nobles | Boyars |
| Due to contact with the Byzantine empire the Slavs were influenced by Eastern Orthodoxy; __________ princess of Kiev was the first to accept the Christian faith | Olga |
| The grandson of Olga,_____________ decided to abandon old beliefs and to adopt a new religion he thought would help his people become a more powerful civilization, he ordered a mass baptism for his people | Vladimir |
| The Golden Age of Kiev - reached its height under Vladimir;'s son ____________ when he came to power in 1019 A.D. | Yaroslav |
| Yaroslav died and in 1240 A.D. the _______ or Tartars from central Asia captured Kiev and completely destroyed it. | Mongols |
| Many Slavs moved into the principality of Novgorod to escape the ________ rule; this principality was eventually ruled by Alexander Nevsky | Mongol |
| Nevsky's son Daniel was the ruler of _______ a small but by 1350 powerful city who cooperated with Mongol policies which kept it free of Mongol interference | Moscow |
| Ivan the III of Moscow refused to pay taxes to the Mongols in 1480, and he became known as ______ the _____ | Ivan, Great |
| after the fall of Constantinople 1453, Moscow stood as the center of the _________ __________ __________ | Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Ivan III married Sophia the niece of the last Byzantine Emperor and took the title of _______ or Caesar and the lands he ruled eventually became known as Russia | Czar |
| The Russian Orthodox church identified its interests with the Muscovite ruler and proclaimed that Moscow was the ______ _____ | Third Rome |
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