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The Byzantine empire Flashcards

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Bosporus

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strait of water that connected the Black Sea and Mediterranean
Seas. Constantinople was located along the Bosporus Strait.

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Crossroads

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Constantinople was located between Europe and Asia

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Reasons for survival in the eas

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location, trade, natural barriers

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Byzantine Empire

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Empire in Constantinople that continued Roman
traditions for 1000 years after the Eastern Roman Empire fell

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Hagia Sophia

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Byzantine Church built by Justinian

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Justinian Code

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standardized Roman laws for the Byzantines

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Nika Rebellion

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Blue and Green chariot race team fans turned on Justinian
due to high taxes. It ended with a massacre of the rebellion

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Justinian

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powerful and effective Byzantine leader who expanded the empire

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Hippodrome

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largest stadium of its time; could hold up to 60,000 people for
Chariot races

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Christianity

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religion based on the teachings of Jesus and the Bible that
influenced life and politics in Constantinople; it was their main religion

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Greek

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language spoken by the Byzantines

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Cultural diversity

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people came from all over to trade in Constantinople, they
would stay as a result of this which gave them the diversity they were
famous for

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Roman Law

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Justinian’s Code was based on Roman Law. Continued as the
basis for the Byzantine legal system

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Great Schism

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The Roman Catholic Church split from the Eastern Orthodox
Christian Church

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Icons

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images of Jesus and the saints

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Excommunication

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to expel someone - to make someone no longer apart of
the church

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Bible

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book of which the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox
Churches are based off of

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Mosaics

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Byzantine Church featured many of these; small glass cubes, or
tesserae, were placed at angles to catch and reflect the light, creating a
sparkling, otherworldly atmosphere.

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Muslim Turks

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began to raid Constantinople in the 1200s, by 1450 they
controlled all the lands surrounding Constantinople.

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Debt and plague

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money owed after the many wars they fought; disease
caused by rats that infested Constantinople

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Greek Fire

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Byzantine’s secret weapon based on liquid fire that could ignite
underwater

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