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| 8294425778 | Byzantine Empire/Byzantium | Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half. The creation of the Empire was around 330 C.E., 146 years before the fall of the Roman Empire. | 0 | |
| 8294425779 | Constantinople | Built by the order of the Byzantine Constantine. It is the capital of the Byzantine Empire. | 1 | |
| 8294429804 | Constantine | The Roman emperor who adopted Christian traits, stopped the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, and created the Byzantine Empire. | 2 | |
| 8294433220 | Emperor Justinian | Also known as the Great or Saint, he was the Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565. He was known for efforts to regain Western Europe Rome (through conquests), codifies (makes it standard) Roman law, and agricultural achievements. | 3 | |
| 8309546704 | Eastern Orthodoxy | This was the type of Christianity that developed in the Byzantine Empire (also known as eastern Christendom). This religion is heavily practiced in Eastern Europe due to its influence among trade routes. | 4 | |
| 8309546705 | Roman Catholicism | This was the type of Christianity that developed in the Holy Roman Empire (also known as western Christendom). This religion associates more with the original form of Christianity (Christianity in Rome). This religion is heavily practiced in Western Europe. | 5 | |
| 8309549554 | The Great Schism | This was the religious divide that occurred between eastern and western Christendom (the holy roman empire and Byzantium) in 1054. For the most part, this event was a result over struggles for political power, differences in cultural and language barriers, and differences in theology and religious practices. | 6 | |
| 8309549555 | Iconoclasm | The rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical | 7 | |
| 8309552213 | Caesaropapism | A political theory in which the head of the state, notably the emperor, is also the supreme head of the church. | 8 | |
| 8351970853 | Dark Ages/Middle Ages | After the Fall of Western Rome, life was chaotic in Western Europe. Without the organization for a central government, trade and communication collapsed. Lasted from 475-1476. | 9 | |
| 8351970854 | Medieval Europe | Lasted from the 5th century to the 15th century. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire and merged into the Renaissance and the Age of discovery. | 10 | |
| 8351971072 | Feudalism | Political, economic, and social system based on exchange of land for services. Its hierarchy is based upon a pyramid scheme. | 11 | |
| 8351976438 | Serf | Poor and hardworking farmers bound to the land, they are considered lower than peasants. | 12 | |
| 8351976439 | Charlemagne | Frankish ruler (ruler of France) and first Holy Roman (western christendom) Emperor. He united much of Western Europe during the Middle Ages. | 13 | |
| 8351976440 | Holy Roman Empire | Western Christendom, formed after the fall of the Original Roman Empire. In contrast to Byzantium, it started off poorly and grew throughout time. | 14 | |
| 8374823156 | Prince Vladimir | Also known as The Great, Grand prince of Kiev whose conversion to Orthodox Christianity led to the incorporation of Russia into the sphere of Eastern Orthodoxy. He also contemplated converting to Islam or Judaism, but found them to be less optimal than Eastern Orthodox Christianity. | 15 | |
| 8374823157 | Kievan Rus | State that emerged around the city of Kiev in the Ninth century CE; a culturally diverse region that included Vikings as well as Finnic and Baltic peoples. The conversion of Vladimir, the grand price of Kiev, to Orthodox Christianity in 988 had long-term implications for Russia. | 16 | |
| 8374827941 | Cyril and Methodius | Ninth-century Byzantine missionaries to the Slavs whose development of Cyrillic script made it possible to write Slavic Languages. | 17 | |
| 8374827942 | Cyrillic Script | Alphabet based on Greek letters that made it possible to write the Slavic Language. made by Cyril and Methodius. | 18 | |
| 8374831909 | Crusades | Modern term meaning "ventures of the cross," used to describe the "holy wars" waged by Western Christendom from 1095 until the end of the middle Ages and beyond; Crusades could only be declared by the pope and were marked by participants swearing a vow and receiving an indulgence in return | 19 | |
| 8374836727 | Holy Land | The region of present-day Israel; includes the city of Jerusalem, which is a holy city to Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. | 20 | |
| 8397288397 | Hagia Sophia | A large Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. Demonstrated Byzantine intelligence, also influenced Russia. | 21 | |
| 8397288398 | Dome of the Rock | Muslim shrine containing the rock from which Muhammad is believed to have risen to heaven; Jews believe Abraham prepared to sacrifice his son Isaac on the rock. To Christians, it was a place that Jesus had visited as a youngster to converse with learned teachers and later to drive out the money changers. | 22 | |
| 8397288399 | Missionaries | Individuals who work to spread their religious beliefs. Example: Cyril and Methodius | 23 |
