Chapter 9 Flashcards
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Sole ruler who has complete authority
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Autocrat
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“City of Constantine,” center of the Byzantine empire
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Constantinople
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Massive collection of roman laws that were revised and organized
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Justinians code
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Highest church official In Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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Patriarch
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Holy image of a saint
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Icon
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Split between eastern and western Christianity
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Great schism
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Relations to the Slavic alphabet derived from the Greek
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Cyrillic alphabet
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Title of the ruler of the Russian empire
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Tsar(Czar)
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Term used to describe the Mongol army
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Golden Horde
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Open, treeless grassland
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Steppe
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Triangular arm of land that juts out from southeastern Europe into the Mediterranean
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Balkan Peninsula
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People who share the same language and cultural heritage
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Ethnic group
