ch 9 Flashcards
Constantine
Leader of eastern empire after split
Justinian code
Code of laws set up by justinean
Theodora
Justinians wife, father was a bear trainer, helped make decisions
Crusades
Holy wars, against Christians and islamics, series of military campaigns against churches
Greek fire
Ball with explosive used by Byzantine and Iranians
Hagia sofia
Cathedral in Constantinople built after 532 fires and served as a model to the east orthodox church
Golden horde
Army of Genghis Khan ruled 200-250 yrs mongolian
Cyrillic alphabet
Used to convert Christianity
Genghis Khan
Leader of mongols and later leader of China
Kiev
City that grew after attack of vikings, first state of russia
Rurik
Leader of novgorod
Prince vladamir
Came up with his own religion
Eastern orthodox
Church of eastern empire
Novgorod
Second city of Russia ruled by rurik
Ivan the great
Sees the maturity of Moscow and declares independence from mongols