byzantine empire quiz Flashcards
what was byzantium
a greek colony
who was the greatest ruler of byzantine empire
justinian
who was the leading general of the byzantine empire
belisarius
what two places did the army of the byzantines capture
north Africa and Italy
what did justinian build during his rule of the byzantine empire
the great cathedral Hagia Sophia
who sacked constantinople
the ottoman turks
who was the first king of the franks
clovis
who was the ruer to follow clovis
dagobert
what empire followed the merovingians
the carolingians
who was the first carolingian ruler
pepin
who was pepins father
Charles Martel
what was martels nickname
the hammer
what were muslims called in france
moors
who won the moors at tour
Charles Martel and his army beat the moors
who did pepin form a good relationship with
the pope
who did pepin protect rome from
the lumbards
what are the different translations of charlemanges name
charlemange, carolus Magnus, and charles the great
who was the best of the carolingian rulers
charlemange
who was charlemange’s father
pepin
where did charlemange decide to have his empires capital
Aachen
what was the name of the school charlemange set up in his empires capital
the placs school
who crowned charlemange as emperor of the holy roman empire
pope leo III
What was the name of the language that charlemange created
carolingian minuscule
what is odd that happened to charlemange
he can read but not write
what treaty caused the holy empire to be split into 3 parts
the treaty of verdun
where do the vikings hail from
Scandinavia
what did the vikings set up in France
normandy
what two places were raided by the vikings during the saxon invasions
Britain and rome
what were the three most important kingdoms the saxons set up
- Northumbria
- Mercia
- Wessex
who brought christianity to Ireland
st. Patrick
what did saint columban supposibly do
he discovered the americas first
who was the first king of wessex
Alfred the great
what was the battle alfred and his army won against the danes called
the battle of edington
what is the name of the river that divides London and chester
the thames river
who was the king that followed Alfred
Canute
who does canute share his rule with
edmond ironside
who took what in the shared rule of the anglo-saxon rule
Canute took the northern portion of the kingdom
ironside took the southern region of the kingdom
who was the anglo-saxon king who followed canute
Edward the confessor
