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| 212782015 | Justinian | Eastern Roman emperor between 527 and 565 CE; tried to restore unity of old Roman Empire; issued most famous compilation of Roman Law; extended later Roman architecture (ex. Hagia Sopia) | 0 | |
| 212782016 | Manzikert | Seljuk Turk victory over Byzantine | 1 | |
| 212782017 | Tartars | Mongols; captured Russian cities and largely destroyed Kievan state in 1236; left Russian Orthodoxy and aristocracy intact | 2 | |
| 212782018 | Cyril and Methodius | Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and the Balkans; responsible for creating the Slavic written script called Cyrillic. | 3 | |
| 212782019 | Body of civil laws | Justinian's codification of Roman law; revised Roman law as coherent basis for political and economic life | 4 | |
| 212782020 | Kiev | Political center of eastern Slav. It established political and social relations with Byzantine Empire. Later it was overthrown by Mongols. | 5 | |
| 212782021 | Vladimir I | Ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev from 980 to 1015; converted kingdom to Christianity | 6 | |
| 212782022 | Bulgaria | Slavic kingdom established in northern portions of Balkan peninsula; constant source of pressure on Byzantine Empire; defeated by Emperor Basil II in 1014 | 7 | |
| 212782023 | Russian Orthodoxy | Russian form of Christianity brought from the Byzantine Empire. | 8 | |
| 212782024 | Iconoclasm | A challenge to or overturning of traditional beliefs, customs, and values, any movement against the religious use of images | 9 | |
| 212782025 | Icon | a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel | 10 | |
| 212782026 | Boyars | Russian landholding aristocrats; possessed less political power than their western European counterparts | 11 | |
| 213594412 | Hagia sophia | Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. | 12 |
