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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Eastern part of the Roman empire | Byzantine empire |
| capital city of Byzantine Empire | Constantinople |
| built by who? | Emperor Constantine |
| invaded and conquered by the? | Ottoman Turks |
| the largest christian city in Europe during the middle ages; strongest most-advanced | Constantinople |
| 3 reasons Constantinople was impressive | 1. surrounded by water strong defense 2. controls trade btwn Mediterranean & black sea; center of cultural diffusion 3. legal codes, art and architecture; inherited Roman culture gave historical advantage |
| Byz Empire reached peak under which ruler? | Emperor Justinian |
| Who was he married to? What was she? | Theodora, a courtesan |
| Which lands did they conquer? | huge parts of what was the western Roman empire: North Africa, Italy, (only held land briefly) |
| the revolts of the upper and lower which resulted in the burning of the city | Nika Revolts |
| Justinian wanted to flee but Theodora refused and enlisted General Belisarius what did he do to the people? | assembled them in Hippodrome and slaughtered the rioters |
| Justinians 3 main achievements | 1. rebuilding Constantinople from the Nika revolts 2. building the Hagia Sophia 3. establishing a cod of law called Justinians code |
| church of the holy wisdom | hagia sophia |
| Justians biggest failure was? | leaving the Byz empire nearly bankrupt lead to attacks |
| What was infuential in the Byz empire as it was in Western Europe | christianity |
| Differences btwn East and West Christianity | the pope v Emperor priests can be married greek is eastern; latin is western less emphasis on christmas/holidays in East |
| 2 things central to Byz culture were | Emperor and Christianity |
| emperor was ordained by God and was the? | deputy to Jesus Christ on earth |
| a dispute over what contributed to tensions btwn East and West Christianity | icons |
| conflict led to resentment against the Pope in the Byzantine Empire against icons; split between Eastern and Western Christianity known as the | The Great Schism in 1054 |
| correct opinion | orthodox |
| two churches that came from the split | the Eastern Orthodox Church Roman Catholic Church |
| the Eastern Orthodox temporarily empowered the emperor, but was at a disadvantage why? | but could no longer rely on West w/o allies and was left vulnerable |
| Constantinople fell to the? | Turns in 1453 |
| the city was renamed to? | Istanbul and became the capital |
| Hagia Sophia was turned into? | Islamic center of worship/mosque |
| emerged as the great center of Islamic culture | Istanbul |
| What was Byz heritage? | continuing knowledge of Rome, the Byz culture, Eastern Orthodox the influence of Russia and Eastern Europe |
| two characteristics of the Byzantine art and architecture | both religious and political but symbolic not realistic; in form of mosaic - two-dimensional,colorful, |
| as a result of the intertwining of religion and politics many works reveal the emperor as? | head of the church |
| paintings or sculptures of sacred figures, and were controversial bc some considered veneration of icons to constitute to | idolatry |
| people who objected icons were called | iconclasts |
| iconbreakers | iconclasts |
| Emperor Leo III forbid the used of icons and ordered their destruction, but this was an unpopular decision amongst the | clergy |
| the clergy used the icons to what | teach the illiterate about Christianity |
| russia develops into | the northeast of the Byz empire |
| northern europeans perhaps vikings who joined the Slavs to establish the state of Kievan Rus based in the city of Kiev | the Rus |
| major trade city | Kiev |
| 2 reasons why the land is so culturally different | 1. the influence of Byz culture and the Eastern orthodox 2. and the invasion of the mongols |
| 1 example of Byz influence on russian art | use of icons |
| 2 byz monks who spoke Slavic language and converted many of the kieven Rus people to Christianity | cyril and Methodius |
| two monks created cyrillic alphabet; | based on greek |
| made Eastern Orthodox christianity the state of religion of Kievan Rus bc he was not want to give up alcohol; later became a saint | Vladmir the 1st |
| economically and politically advantageous to establish stronger ties w | the Byz |
| Invaders from the east | mongol |
| (mongols were led by Gerghis Khan) but who conquered Kiev Rus established a Mingol state | batu khan |
| this action strongly influenced the development of Russia by isolating Russia from the | merging Christian West |
| emerges as the strongest city over Kiev | Moscow |
| invaded from the south around the same time as the | |
| prince of moscow recovery of Russia after Mongols established absolute rule adopted Byza. rituals and power structure limited the power of boyars called himself Tzar | Ivan the Great |
| strengthens serfdom grandson of Ivan the terrible -centralized royal power; crush boyar privleges _ Later became insane: paranoia and anxiety kiled his own son bc sons wife was inappropriate and beat her causing miscarrage and his son upset | Ivan the Terrible |
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