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Byzantine Empire and Russia

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autocrat sole ruler with complete authority
patriarch highest church official
icon holy images
Hagia Sophia grand church with a large dome and the interior glowed with colored marble and embroidered silk curtains. built by Justinian.
Corpus Juris Civilis (body of civil law). set up commission to collect, revise, and organize all the laws of ancient Rome. known as Justinian Code.
Theodora wife of Justinian. A shrewd politician, served as adviser and co-ruler to Justinian.
Procopius wrote Secret History. was an adviser to General Belisarius.
Anna Comnena wrote Alexiad, about her father Alexius I.
Constantinople capital and center of the Byzantine Empire, major trade center between europe and asia.
Ural mountains mark the boundry between Europe and Asia
What are the 3 zones of Russia? 1.The northern forests supplied lumber for fuel and building. 2.a band of fertile land attracted early settlers and farmers. 3. southern steppe, open treeless grassland.
Slav's government a simple political organization and were organized into clans.
Varangians expert sailors, often called Vikings.
Kiev part of Viking trade system, become the center of the first Russian state.
Cyril and Methodius 2 greek monks who adapted the Greek alphabet so they could translate the bible into slavic. Cyrillic became alphabet used present day.
Princess Olga of Kiev converted to Byzantine Christianity in 957.
Yaroslav the wise. ruled from 1019 to 1054. created a short golden age for Kiev.
Genghiz Khan a leader who united the nomadic Mongols of central Asia.
Batu grandson of Genghiz, led Mongol armies into Russia. was called the Golden Horde.
Golden Horde army of Batu. golden tents. converted to Islam, and were tolerant rulers.
Moscow head of Russian Orthodox church made this the capital. became Russia's political center, but spiritual center as well.
battle of Kulikovo in 1380, Russians defeated the Golden Horde at this battle.
Ivan the Great Ivan III. brought Russia under his rule. built framework for absolute ruler. limited power of boyars. took title, czar.
boyars great landholding nobles
czars the Russian word for Caesar
Ivan IV the terrible. grandson of Ivan the Great. introduced new laws that tied Russian serfs to the land. organized oprichniki.
oprichniki agents of terror who enforced the czar's will
Time of Troubles a period of disorder in Russia from disputes over succession, peasant uprisings, and foreign invasions.
Michael Romanov a 17year old czar who was chosen by the zemsky sober. established the Romanov dynasty, which would rule until 1917.
Eastern Europe geography wide area of territory lying between German speaking central Europe to the west and the largest Slavic nation, Russia, to the East.
ethnic group large group of people who share the same language and cultural heritage.
anti-Semitism and Poland Christians launched attack on Jews from the Crusades and Plague. Polish kings followed a policy of toleration toward Jews.
Queen Jadwiga and Duke Wladyslav Jagiello married and Poland-Lithuania became the largest state in Europe.
Cracow university at this place. supported by Jadwiga. became a major center of science and the arts.
diet assembly
Jan Sobieski broke the Ottoman siege of Vienna in 1683.
Golden Bull of 1222 Hungarian king was forced to sign this. this charter recognized the rights of his nobles and strictly limited royal power.
Stefan Dusan encouraged Byzantine culture, modeling his law on that of Justinian. under his rule, Serbia reached an economical, political, and territorial height.
battle of Kosovo in 1389. Serbians fought to the death to the advance of Ottoman Turks.
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