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The Byzantium traded what with Greeks Romans and North Africans

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Grains,golds,ivory, and other goods

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Who founded the Byzantium

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Greek colonists

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Who was the Roman Empire that decided to move the capital to another location

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Constantine

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Constantine’s city was more widely known as what

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Constantinople

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Who were the earliest leaders of the church

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The apostles

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The patriarchs live in the five most important crus what were they

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Jerusalem,Alexandria,Rome,Antioch,and Constantinople

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What was the decree that legalized Christianity and made persecution against Christians illegal

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Edict of Milan

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Name two challenged that early Christians had to face

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False teachers and persecution

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What is deity

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The fact that Christ is God

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What are the believers in church who defended the truth were called what

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Orthodox

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Constantine called the bishops of the church to a meeting called what

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Council of Nicaea

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What were the people called that fought for the purity and beliefs of the church

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Doctrine

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What was the name that the Romans gave to the nomadic poepel who did not adopt the roman culture or spoke Greek or Latin

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Barbarians

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Eventually the eastern Roman Empire became known as what

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The Byzantine Empire

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Who reigned over the Byzantine empire

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Justinian 1

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Sporting and social events took place in the what

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Hippodrome

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Who was Theodora

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The Wife of Justinian 1

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The beginning of the Byzantine empire can be traced back to what village?

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Byzantium

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Where was the Byzantium village located?

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On a peninsula with water on both sides that served as protection.

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What was a popular trading route for the Byzantium?

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Bosporus Strait which lies btwn Europe and Asia Minor

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What did merchants from India and China sell as they passed through the Byzantium?

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Silk and spices

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Who was the roman emperor that decided to move the capital to anther location

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Constantine

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What was “new rome” more commonly know as

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Constantinople

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The earliest leaders of the church that were directly chosen by Christ were called what

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Apostles

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What were the five most important city’s

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Jerusalem, Alexandria, Rome, Antioch, and Constantinople

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What decree was issued in 313 that legalized Christianity

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Edict of Milan

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What are two challenges that early Christians faced

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False teachers and persecution

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Who is Justinian 1

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Reigned over the Byzantine empire from 527to565

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Who was belisarius

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Justinians best general

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Who is Muhammad

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Fought for Islam and thought Islam

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Who is leo111

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An emperor with much experience because he grew up along The alps

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Who was Theodora

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the wife of Justinian and she gave him good advice

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What was the Nika Revolt

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When belisarius and his men slew over thirty thousand people

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The most famous of all the structures was what

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Hagia Sophia

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Who were the mercenaries

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Foreigners hired by the government to fight in the army

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Who was the founder of Islam?

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Mohammed

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The revelations of Mohammed were written into the?

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Quran

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What is Jihad

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A holy war fought for the cause of Islam

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What is a Muslim

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Someone who follows Islam

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What was the Black Death

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Fatal disease also known as the bubonic plague

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Who was the sultan

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Ruler of the ottomans

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What caused the Nika Revolt

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Citizens were angered by the high taxes to fund building projects

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What is a barbarian?

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Nomadic people who had not adopted roman culture and did not speak Latin or Greek

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What is a hippodromes?

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Open air stadium for sporting and social events

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What three cities were considered sacred to Muslims?

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Jerusalem, Medina and Mecca

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When did the fall of the Byzantine empire happen?

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1453

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What was the name of the earliest leaders of the church?

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Apostles

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The decree that legalized Christianity?

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Edict of Milan

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To strengthen the Byzantine army Heraclius fired the mercenary army and hired who to fight?

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Byzantine peasants

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What were the three main things that helped Leo III defeat the Muslim attack on Constantinople

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Cold winter, plague in the Summer, and Greek Fire which burnt down the ships

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Which Turks conquered the Byzantine Empire

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Ottomans

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What was the reason for the crusades

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To free the city of Jerusalem in Palestine from Islamic rule.

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How did the missionaries help Constantipnople?

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Helped standardize languages, ethics, laws, political powers and people

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