Byzantine Flashcards
Justinian
He ruled for 38 years, was considered Byzantines most ambitious ruler. Wanted to recreate the roman empire and made a code of laws similar to the roman code of laws.
Byzantine!
Empire, Constantinople was capital
Greek fire
Atomic bomb of the time, made by the Byzantines
The Nika Revolt
It took place in January in 532 in Constantinople, against Justinian during a chariot race. Everyone was cheering on their own team, shouting concur, or “Nika”. Suddenly the were all yelling it at him.
Justinian’s code of laws
Roman laws he changed for his needs and then established
Theodora
Justinian’s wife and queen, was an actress and was therefor seen unfit to rule. Would not flee during the Nika revolts, and died if cancer
Patriarch
Highest church official in Constantinople.
Autocrat
A sole ruler with complete authority over the people
Icon
Sacred image that’s treated as holy itself
Great schism
Byzantine emperor Leo bans icons, causing the eastern and western church to split in 2 in 1054
Ecumenical patriarch
Universal patriarch
Papal authority
Power of pope
Iconoclasm
The action of attacking or assertively rejecting cherished beliefs and institutions or established values and practices
Steppe
An open, treeless grassland that Nomads traveling through the region used for there cows and horses. It’s one of the three regions of Russia.
Kiev
City, where main trade was
Hagia Sopia
It was once the centralized church building if the eastern orthodox church, but now it’s a museum
Hagia sophia means “Holy wisdom”, and that was a title for Jesus
Cyril
One of the Lord’s that had been sent to Kiev to convert the Slavs to Christianity.
Cyrillic
The alphabet used to translate the bible into Slavic
Czar or Tsar
Titles of rulers of Russia, means Caesar
Ivan the terrible
Ruled for 51 years, had a secret police, was always unstable but really went off his noodle when his wife died. Thought everyone was out to kill him so he killed them first.
Ivan the great
He married the last Byzantines emperors niece, and freed Russia from mongols, believed in absolute power.
Jewish refugees fled western Europe because…
Of persecution and expulsion
The Magyars were raiders from the Asian steppes and they settled in…
Hungary
The Serbian state reached its height in power under…
Stefan Dusan
The south Slav country of Serbia was concord by…
The ottoman Turks in the 1300’s
Who died that made Russia feel full of unrest???
Ivan the terrible
The Russian language is written in
The Cyrillic alphabet
The Mongols who invaded Russian were known as the…
Golden Hoard
Ivan the 3rd sometimes refers to himself as…
tsar, or caesar
Russia’s rivers linked early russians to…
The Byzantine empire
What city was the center of a vital trade network???
Kiev
What occurred during the Mongol rule of Russia
The princes of Moscow gained power and influence
How did Mongol rule effect Russia’s relation ship with western Europe?
It isolated Russia from Europe and it’s advances in science and art?
What tradition did Ivan the terrible introduce that shaped history into the 20th century?
Extreme absolute power
Why was Constantinople’s location so safe???
It was a harbored city on a trade route guarded by water
What was the one difference between the roman and Byzantine churches before the great schism?
Byzantines Christians rejected the popes power over them all
What was an important contribution of the Byzantine empire?
It’s blending of christianity and greek culture
Constantinople
Capital of Roman empire, lasted 1,500 years before it was captured by the Ottomans, was the city with the great defenses
Who brought Constantinople to its highest peak, and restored the Hagia Sophia after it had been destroyed during riots???
Justinian
Corpus Juris Civilis
Body of Civil Law
Justinian’s code
Where is Rome located on a map?
Italy
Where is Jerusalem located on a map?
By the red sea
Where is Constantinople located on a map???
By the black sea
Who appointed church officials in Byzantine?
The king
What did clergy in the Byzantine empire get to keep doing???
Marry
What was the language of the Byzantine church???
Greek
There were three regions in Russia, one is the steppe. What are the other two like???
The northern forests supplied them with wood and game,
The southern part was good farm land. This is where the population grew
What did the russians copy from the Byzantines?
The domes of their churches for their own.
The Golden Hoard
A Mongol army, know as this for the color of their tents
How would Russian princes keep mongols at bay??
Paying them a fee to bit invade and let them rule their own territory
Which side of Constantinople is Asia minor on???
East
What’s the body of water that separates Europe and Asia
Eps porous strait
What body of water separates the two sections of Constantinople?
The north sea.
