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11395471483silkaccording to Porcopius, two sixth century Christian monks undertook an elaborate smuggling operation to provide Byzantium with the knowledge to produce?0
11395471484Byzantine Empirethe only classical society that survived in the centuries after 400 CE was the?1
11395471485its strategic position on the BosporusByzantium's major advantage was?2
11395471486it was built in an attempt to vitalize the impoverished eastern half of the Roman empire.which of the following statements about Constantinople is NOT true?3
11395471487Arabiawhich part of the Mediterranean basin was never part of the Byzantine empire?4
11395471488Sasanid emperorsup through the 8th century, the chief foreign threat to the eastern Roman Empire was?5
11395471489its tightly centralized rule under a powerful emperorthe most important political feature of the Byzantine state was?6
11395471490caesaropapismthe mixture of secular and religious authority that marked Constantine's reign as well as that of the Byzantine emperors is known as?7
11395471491the system where the emperor has a mixture of political and religious authorityhistorians use the term caesaropapism to refer to?8
11395471492unnecessary complexity and convolutionthe adjective "byzantine" drawn from the government of Byzantium, stands for?9
11395471493striptease artistTheodora's career before marrying Justinian was as a?10
11395471494the magnificent church at ConstantinopleHagia Sophia was?11
11395471495his codification of Roman law Corpus iuris civilis (body of the civil law)Justinian's most important and long-lasting political achievement was?12
11395471496won recognition as the definitive codification of Roman lawjustinian's issuance of the Corpus iuris civilis?13
11395471497Belisarius (justinian's general)Italy, Sicily, northwestern Africa, and southern Spain were brought back under imperial control by the military victories of?14
11395471498Arabic forcesconstantinople withstood seiges in 674-678 and 717-718 by15
11395471499theme systemone of the causes of Byzantine resurgence was the political innovation wherein a general was given military and civil control over an imperial province or?16
11395471500Basil IIthe Byzantine ruler who led a resurgence of power in the 11th century by crushing the Bulgars was?17
11395471501The Byzantine incendiary weaponthe term Greek "fire" refers to?18
11395471502KleidionBasil II crushed the Bulgars in 1014 at the Battle of?19
11395471503Theodorathe wife of Justinian, who proved to be an invaluable adviser, was?20
11395471504Charlemagnea direct challenge to the Byzantine emperor arose in the year 800 when the pope gave an imperial crown to the Frankish king, ?21
11395471505Claimed to rule as emperor of the old western half of the Roman Empirein the year 962, Otto of Saxony?22
11395471506Made land available to the peasants in return for military servicethe theme system?23
11395471507silkby the late 6th century, Byzantium became the Mediterranean world's leading producer of?24
11395471508Was the Byzantine gold coin that became the standard currency in the Mediterranean basinthe bezant?25
11395471509Greekfrom the 6th century on, the official language of Constantinople was?26
11395471510the Green and the Bluesthe main factions during Justinian's time who contested in the Hippodrome and who occasionally fought in the streets were?27
11395471511Basic literacy was widespread in Byzantine societywhich of the following describes education in Byzantium?28
11395471512Nicaeain 325 CE, in an effort to answer the Arians, Constantine brought together leading churchmen at the Council of ?29
11395471513Jesus had been a mortal human beingthe Alexandrian priest, Arius, leader of the Arians, believed that?30
11395471514iconoclasmEmperor Leo III inaugurated the divisive ecclesiastical policy of?31
11395471515St. Simeon Stylitewhich of the following was the first and most famous of the "pillar saints"?32
11395471516Played a key role in the rise of monasticismSt. Basil of Caesarea?33
11395471517Mutually excommunicated each otherin 1054 the pope in Rome and the patriarch in Constantinople?34
11395471518Sacked Constantinople and caused extreme harm to the Byzantine Empirethe Fourth Crusade, in early 1204, ?35
11395471519Fourth Crusadein a disaster from which the Byzantine Empire never really recovered, Constantinople was sacked in 1204 by the?36
11395471520Saljuqsin 1071, Byzantium lost the Battle of Manzikert and control over Anatolia to the?37
11395471521Manzikertthe Byzantine Empire suffered a devastating loss to the Saljuq Turks in 1071 at the Battle of?38
11395471522Ottoman TurksConstantinople finally fell in 1453 to the?39
11395471523Devised the Cyrillic alphabetSaints Methodius and Cyril?40
11395471524KievWhat city, influenced heavily by Constantinople ,was most important in the early rise of Russia?41
11395471525Prince Vladimir of Kievthe rise of Orthodox Christianity in Russia was helped by the conversion in 989 of?42
11395471526the third Romeby the 16th century, Russians had begun to think of Moscow as?43

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