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| 4744605551 | Bosphorus Straits | strait of water which connects the Black Sea with the Aegean/Meditteranean Seas; Constantinople built next to these straits |  | 0 |
| 4744605552 | Byzantium | Greek city on which Emperor Constantine chose to build his new capital - Constantinople; name is used for "Byzantine Empire" | 1 | |
| 4744605553 | Justinian's Code | (Latin) Justinian's Code - a reorganization of Roman Laws under Emperor Justinian; published in four parts |  | 2 |
| 4744605554 | Ottoman Turks | Invaded Byzantine Empire; sacked Constantiople in 1453; ended Byzantine rule | 3 | |
| 4744605559 | Fourth Crusade | Thirteenth Century crusade which did not go to the Holy Land; attacked Venitian colonies; attacked and sacked Constantinople |  | 4 |
| 4744605562 | Caesaropapism | doctrine which states that the emperor/king has full control over the church | 5 | |
| 4744605563 | Great Schism of 1054 | Split between the Catholic Church in the west and the Greek Orthodox Church in the east | 6 | |
| 4744605564 | Justinian | sixth century Byzantine Emperor; born of humble means; married Theodora; produced major reform to laws; conquered much of western Meditteranean |  | 7 |
| 4744605565 | Theodora | Byzantine Empress; had been a dancing girl/prostitute; married to Justinian; key advisor to her husband |  | 8 |
| 4744605566 | iconoclasm | organized destruction of religious art |  | 9 |
| 4744605567 | Justinian's Plague | major outbreak of bubonic plague during Justinian's reign; began in Egypt and spread to most of the Mediterreanean world | 10 | |
| 4744605568 | Hagia Sophia | major church build in Constantinople during Justinian's reign; known for its large dome; Ottoman Turks converted it to a mosque; currently in use as a museum |  | 11 |
| 4744605569 | icon | type of religious art perfected by the Byzantines; typically is an image of a religious person or scene and is adorned with gold leaf |  | 12 |
| 4744605571 | Hippodrome | large U-shaped sports stadium in Constantinople; could hold 100,000 people |  | 13 |
| 4744605572 | mosaic | type of art where small tiles are plastered/bonded together to form an image or design |  | 14 |
