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eastern half of split of Rome   byzantine empire  
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the capital of the Byzantine empire   constantinople  
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the emperor during height of rome   justinian  
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the emperor's wife helped to save his throne using political talents and determination; first womens suffrage activist   Theodora  
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the laws of the empire recorded in a collection of books   corpus of civil law  
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church officials such as priests and bishops   clergy  
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church members who were not church officials   laity  
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religious images, in worship; big controversey over this   icons  
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the emperor's wife helped to save his throne using political talents and determination; first womens suffrage activist   Emptheodora  
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believed that the use of religious images encouraged superstittion and idol-worship, so he ordered all such images removed from churches or destroyed   Emperor Leo III  
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major population and lived mainly in the central part of Rome   greeks  
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Also included in the empire...   • Egyptians • Syrians • Arabs • Armenians • Jews • Persians • Slavs • Turks  
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Located on a   peninsula  
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having all these diverse people gave the byzantine empire _______ ________   international character  
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the narrow strait between the sea of marma and black sea   bosporus  
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The site of capital offered   natural protection from attack by land • Water protected on three sides • Triple walls fortified the side open to attack by land • Later huge chain was strung on narrow mouth of deep harbor on north side for greater protection  
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what was constantinople located near   the centers of early Christianity as well as major trade routes  
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The straits also made the peninsula a ___ ____ __ _____   natural crossroad for trade  
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why was constantinople built strategically   because it was where asia and euorpe met  
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Constantinople was known as new _____   rome  
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was called new rome because??? 2 reasons   ○ This was because its emperors were romans who spoke Latin ○ Many wealthy families came from Rome  
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the narrow strait between the sea of marma and black sea   bosporus  
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• Lands that once part of Greek world formed ______ of byz. Emp   heart  
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• The people spoke ____ and stressed _____ heritage   Greek Greek  
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The straits also made the peninsula a ___ ____ __ _____   natural crossroad for trade  
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• Eventually _____ was emperors officially language used Greek instead of Latin   greek  
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Developed distinct form of Christianity known as __________ _________   eastern orthodox  
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was called new rome because??? 2 reasons   ○ This was because its emperors were romans who spoke Latin ○ Many wealthy families came from Rome  
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In addition to Greek heritage and religion came cultural influences from _____   Persia  
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Between ad 500 and AD 1200 the civ was one of most _______- in the world and had higher standard of living than western Europe   advanced  
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• The people spoke ____ and stressed _____ heritage   Greek Greek  
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Developed distinct form of Christianity known as __________ _________   eastern orthodox  
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In addition to Greek heritage and religion came cultural influences from _____   Persia  
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the son of prosperous peasants from Macedonia in the western part of the empire   justinian  
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justinians nickname   Emperor Who Never Sleeps  
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justinian was emperor at age   44  
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Justinian's wife who was beautiful intelligent and ambitious   theodora  
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Theadora;s occupation   an actress-a profession held in low esteem by empire  
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Theodora was especially concerned with improving the social standing of _____   women  
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what was decree that theodora got justinian to issue   that gave women right to own land in the value to the wealth she brought with her marriage  
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in what instance did theodora help to save the throne of her husband   tax payers had a huge revolt Justinian was urged to leave built Theodora persuaded to stay in control  
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justinian army crushed rebels which killed   30,000 people  
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justinian died in AD   565  
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During justianains the empire faced serious military threat from the ____   east  
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Empire of ____ grew and threatened to conquer   persia  
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persia was under rule of   Chosroes  
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byzantine ____ persians   defeated  
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they won after agreed to pay tribute in return for _____   peace  
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justianian dreamed of conquerring more ____   land  
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under this gerneral the army became strengthened and reconized   belsarius  
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fought series of war against 3 peoples, ____ ____ and ______   vandals osthgoths visigoths  
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they ___ and expanded kingdom   won  
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what did the war do to byzantine   it was expensive and depleted resources and funds  
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the emperor ordered _______   construction  
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they built   ○ New roads ○ Fortresses ○ Aqueducts ○ Monasteries And other buildings  
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§ Church § "holy wisdom" § The largest and most beautiful church in the empire § Still stands today § The world's great architechtiul landmarks   Hagia Sophia  
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Preserved Rome's legal heritage & later became the basis for most European legal systems; made by 10 scholars   corpus of civil law or justinians codes  
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______ were regarded as God's representatives on earth   Emperors  
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Emperors and empresses were crowned by the ______ of Constantinople and took oath to defend Christian faith   patriarch  
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Emperors played major roles in church affairs; 3 major   Appointed church officials Defined the style of worship And used wealth of church for Gov. purpose  
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what emperor strengthened control over church by intervening in disputes over church beliefs. He also tried to unify the empire under one Christian faith   Justinian  
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theologian who wrote many religious articles defending icons   John Damascus  
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The roman's ____ involvement of controversy strained relations between eastern and western   pope  
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approved the use of icons   A church council in Nicaea  
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first woman to hold byzantine thrown- allowed the use of icons   empresses Irene  
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The eastern church further settled the issue allowing the use of _____ but not statues in worship   pictures  
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reasons for schism   use of icons authority over pope vs. patriarch and the pope giving charlamge the title as emperor  
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Germanic Lombard's invaded central ____   Italy  
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When byz. Emperor refused to give pope protection the pope turned to ______   franks  
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Germanic catholic people in western Europe   franks  
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three difference that Led to schism   ○ DOCTRINAL ○ POLITICAL ○ GEOGRAPHICAL  
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The byzantine was a brilliant center of ______ and __________   civilization and literature  
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religious teachings   theology  
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• Life was dived into hierachy of social groups • Could easily switch form one to another Flexibility brought variety and change to byzantine life   byzantine life  
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_______ was center of social life   Family  
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Women lived in partial ____   seclusion  
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______ beceme well educated and influential in Gov.   Women  
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temporary soldiers; most were women   regents  
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most made living throught 1 of 3 jobs   farming, herding, laboring  
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Base of economy   agriculture  
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Commerce thrived in Constantinople mainly because it was ....   ○ Site of natural crossroads for trade  
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what did they trade   agricultural goods; and enslaved people  
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nicname for busy harbor   The Golden Horn  
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name some items that came from various places   ○ Brought cloves and sandalwood (east indies) ○ Pepper (india) ○ Copper (" ") ○ Gems (" ") ○ Silk (china)  
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Major industry=   weaving silk  
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______went to china stole silkworm eggs ○ Hid them in hollow bamboo ○ Smuggled out of china ○ Fed on mulberry leaves ○ Spun silk that made the empire wealthy   monks  
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popular art items   icons; jewel encrusted crosses; and ivory boxes  
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what was man inspiration for art   RELIFIOUS SUBJECTS  
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pictures made of tiny pieces of colored glass or flat stone set in plaster   mosaics  
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books decorate with elaborate designs, beautiful lettering, and miniature paintings   illuminated manuscripts  
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____ and learning was important   schools  
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established in AD 850; trained scholars and lawyers for Gov. jobs   University of Constantinople  
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Church provided religious schools to train priests and theological scholars the areas covered were:   ○ Religious subjects ○ Medicine ○ Law ○ Philophosy ○ Arithmetic ○ Geometry ○ Astronomy ○ Grammar ○ Music  
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Wealthy people hired tutors espcially _____ because they were not accepted to schools and univerities   daughters  
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Literature focused on salvation of the soul and obedience to God's will   what she said  
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____ schools for any child   Free  
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Authors wrote about lives of ____-   saints  
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this Provided readers   with moral lessons and accounts of miracles and adventures  
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the first occupation of scholars was   copying the writings of the ancient Greeks and romans  
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By preserving ancient works _______________ and _______the byzantine helped spread classical knowledge to the western world   on science medicine and mathematics  
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religious communities   monastaries  
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monks....   sought to develop spiritual way of life apart from temptations of world ○ Help others by doing good deeds ○ Set example for Christian living  
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Christian women who did the same were called nuns and lived in their own quarters called _____   convents  
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the monastaries and convents ran _____ and ________   hospitals and schools  
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people who carry a religious message to neighboring peoples to convert them to Christian faith   missionaries  
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two famous missionaries   cyrill and methodosious  
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what did cyril and methodosious do   ® They reasoned that Christianity would be more acceptable to Slavic people if it was presented in own language ® Cyril devised alphabet for Slavic languages ® Known today as Cyrillic ® When Cyril and Methodius translated bible and church ceremonies to  
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Byzantine empire suffered form frequent attacks from...   • Lombard's- took over • Slavs • Avars • Bulgars • Persians Arabs- new enemy  
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____ were at walls of Constantinople   Slavs  
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A brilliant counter attack stopped the ___ advance   slav  
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The ___ entered the scene   Arabs  
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arabs sought to   spread islamic faith and gain wealth  
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the byz. empire lost all land but faithfully defended   constantinople  
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the empire then reduced to just territories that were primarily ____   Greek  
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the loss of non-Greek land strengthened the empire cause it had one ____, _____,____   religion, one language, one culture  
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_____ seized italu   normans  
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tried to gain lands with help of venice but   failed  
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Islamic people that defeated Byzantines at manzikert   the seljuk turks  
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who looted burned stole artwork and manuscrpts   christians from west and venetians  
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condemened the christians and venetiNS   Pope Innocent III  
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causes of decline   fighting;the ottoman turks took over provinces; food was scarce; wealth was gone  
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AD ____ Ottomans blew cannons at city walls and Byzantines fought fiercely till last emperor was killed Neighboring kingdoms   1453  
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First officially Christian country in the world   armenia  
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Armenian scholar- a monk developed Armenian alphabet   merson  
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Armenia became battlefields among ______, _____, ANd _______   ottomans, Persians and Russians  
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led the georgians to prosper throgh trade   silk road  
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GEORGIA WAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY BY ___   nino  
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During 1100 and 1200s enjoyed golden age of freedom and culture under   queen tamara  
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georgia fell to   rusian empire  
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slavs and bulgars settled here under king simeon;ottomans invaded   bulgaria  
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accepted cyrilic alphabet; under stefan duscan; battle of kosovo lost to ottomans   serbia  
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