4 Flashcards
Isidore of Kiev
Served as the metropolitan of Kiev and Rus’
Ivan III (the great)
first to be named Tzar (Caesar)
tried to make Moscow the third Rome;
converted to orthodoxy
married the niece of the last Byzantine emperor
John of Damascus
Grew up within the Umyyad Caliphate
Christian Monk in Muslim territory
Wrote In Defense of Icons
Kievan Rus
Coalition of Rus tribes united into one nation
Weird relationship with the Byzantine Empire
Krum
Khan of Bulgaria; doubled the size of Bulgaria during his reign
Khan
A title given to rulers of Central Asian descent
Lazica
Western kingdom that combined with Iberia to form Georgia
Lithuania
Northeastern European kingdom
Rivaled Moscow
out Orthodox-> Catholicism
Mandylion
Jesus’s face imprinted onto a napkin (the first icon)
Mehmed II
known as the Conqueror.
Came into power in the 15th century,
successfully sieged Constantinople
expanded the Ottoman Empire.
Ruled for 30 years.
Also known as the Conqueror. Came into power in the 15th century, successfully sieged Constantinople and expanded the Ottoman Empire. Ruled for 30 years.
Mehmed II
Jesus’s face imprinted onto a napkin (the first icon)
Mandylion
Northeastern European kingdom
Rivaled Moscow
Started out Orthodox and then converted to Catholicism
Lithuania
Western kingdom that combined with Iberia to form Georgia
Lazica
A title given to rulers of Central Asian descent (ex. Turkic, Mongols, TARTARS)
Kahn
