10 A Flashcards
The Byzantium traded what with Greeks Romans and North Africans
Grains,golds,ivory, and other goods
Who founded the Byzantium
Greek colonists
Who was the Roman Empire that decided to move the capital to another location
Constantine
Constantine’s city was more widely known as what
Constantinople
Who were the earliest leaders of the church
The apostles
The patriarchs live in the five most important crus what were they
Jerusalem,Alexandria,Rome,Antioch,and Constantinople
What was the decree that legalized Christianity and made persecution against Christians illegal
Edict of Milan
Name two challenged that early Christians had to face
False teachers and persecution
What is deity
The fact that Christ is God
What are the believers in church who defended the truth were called what
Orthodox
Constantine called the bishops of the church to a meeting called what
Council of Nicaea
What were the people called that fought for the purity and beliefs of the church
Doctrine
What was the name that the Romans gave to the nomadic poepel who did not adopt the roman culture or spoke Greek or Latin
Barbarians
Eventually the eastern Roman Empire became known as what
The Byzantine Empire
Who reigned over the Byzantine empire
Justinian 1
Sporting and social events took place in the what
Hippodrome
Who was Theodora
The Wife of Justinian 1
The beginning of the Byzantine empire can be traced back to what village?
Byzantium
Where was the Byzantium village located?
On a peninsula with water on both sides that served as protection.
What was a popular trading route for the Byzantium?
Bosporus Strait which lies btwn Europe and Asia Minor
What did merchants from India and China sell as they passed through the Byzantium?
Silk and spices
Who was the roman emperor that decided to move the capital to anther location
Constantine
What was “new rome” more commonly know as
Constantinople
The earliest leaders of the church that were directly chosen by Christ were called what
Apostles
What were the five most important city’s
Jerusalem, Alexandria, Rome, Antioch, and Constantinople
What decree was issued in 313 that legalized Christianity
Edict of Milan
What are two challenges that early Christians faced
False teachers and persecution
Who is Justinian 1
Reigned over the Byzantine empire from 527to565
Who was belisarius
Justinians best general
Who is Muhammad
Fought for Islam and thought Islam
Who is leo111
An emperor with much experience because he grew up along The alps
Who was Theodora
the wife of Justinian and she gave him good advice
What was the Nika Revolt
When belisarius and his men slew over thirty thousand people
The most famous of all the structures was what
Hagia Sophia
Who were the mercenaries
Foreigners hired by the government to fight in the army
Who was the founder of Islam?
Mohammed
The revelations of Mohammed were written into the?
Quran
What is Jihad
A holy war fought for the cause of Islam
What is a Muslim
Someone who follows Islam
What was the Black Death
Fatal disease also known as the bubonic plague
Who was the sultan
Ruler of the ottomans
What caused the Nika Revolt
Citizens were angered by the high taxes to fund building projects
What is a barbarian?
Nomadic people who had not adopted roman culture and did not speak Latin or Greek
What is a hippodromes?
Open air stadium for sporting and social events
What three cities were considered sacred to Muslims?
Jerusalem, Medina and Mecca
When did the fall of the Byzantine empire happen?
1453
What was the name of the earliest leaders of the church?
Apostles
The decree that legalized Christianity?
Edict of Milan
To strengthen the Byzantine army Heraclius fired the mercenary army and hired who to fight?
Byzantine peasants
What were the three main things that helped Leo III defeat the Muslim attack on Constantinople
Cold winter, plague in the Summer, and Greek Fire which burnt down the ships
Which Turks conquered the Byzantine Empire
Ottomans
What was the reason for the crusades
To free the city of Jerusalem in Palestine from Islamic rule.
How did the missionaries help Constantipnople?
Helped standardize languages, ethics, laws, political powers and people
