Chapter 9 Lesson 1-2 Flashcards
Emperor of the Byzantine empire from 527 to 565, he rebuilt Constantinople and made reforms to the law
Justinian
Formerly Byzantium; capital of the eastern Roman Empire
Constantinople
The Corpus Juris Civilis, or the “Body of Civil Law”; a comprehensive collection of a Roman legal writings assembled by Justinian
Justinian’s Code
A sole ruler with absolute power
Autocrat
Empress of the Byzantine empire, Justinian’s wife and a fearless and powerful co-ruler
Theodora
In the Byzantine and Roman Empires, the highest church official in a major city
Patriarch
Holy image of Christ, the Virgin Mary, or a saint venerated in Eastern Orthodox Church
Icon
The official split between the Roman Catholic and the Byzantine churches
Great Schism
Sparse, dry, treeless grassland
Steppe
Capital of present-day Ukraine and center of the first Russian state
Kiev
Relating to the Slavic alphabet derived from the Greek; became the written scrip still used in Russia
Cyrillic
Mongol invaders who burned Kiev, led by Batu, the grandson of Genghis
Golden Horde
Ivan III; proclaimed himself first tsar after recovering much of Russia from invaders
Ivan the Great
Russian word for “Caesar”; absolute leader of Russia
Tsar
Ivan IV, who took throne as tsar in 1547; noted for his tyrannical rule
Ivan the Terrible