Vocab, people, places, and events for Byzantium, Russia, and the Mongols
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| 126627459 | Justinian | Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code | 0 | |
| 126627461 | Justinian Code | collection of laws that formed the basis for Byzantine law under Emperor Justinian | 1 | |
| 126627463 | Theodora | the wife of Justinian, she helped to improve the status of women in the Byzantinian Empire and encouraged her husband to stay in Constntinople and fight the Nike Revolt. | 2 | |
| 126627465 | Belisarius | general of Justinian's army; friend of Theodora; lead throught nika rebelion; help justinian conquer the land from the germanic tribes | 3 | |
| 126627467 | Dowry | money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage | 4 | |
| 126627469 | Greek Fire | a mixture used by Byzantine Greeks that was often shot at adversaries | 5 | |
| 126627471 | Heresy | any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position | 6 | |
| 126627473 | Icons | religious images used by eastern christians to aid their devotions | 7 | |
| 126627474 | Iconoclastic Controversy | debate between opponents and defenders of icons in the Byzantine Church; one of the issues that led to the split of the Christian church in 1054 | 8 | |
| 126627476 | Iconoclasts | people who opposed the use of icons in worship | 9 | |
| 126627479 | Mosaics | patterns or pictures made by embedding small pieces of stone or glass in cement on surfaces such as walls and floors | 10 | |
| 126627481 | Steppe | extensive plain without trees (associated with eastern Russia and Siberia) | 11 | |
| 126627483 | Kiev | trade city in southern Russia established by Scandinavian traders in the 9th century; became focal point for kingdom of Russia that flourished to the 12th century | 12 | |
| 126627484 | 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 | 13 | |
| 126627486 | Cyril | Developed the Cyrillic alphabet | 14 | |
| 126627488 | Rurik | Rus military leader and legendary first king of the Russians | 15 | |
| 126627490 | Methodius | Along with Cyril, missionary sent by Byzantine government to eastern Europe and the Balkans; converted southern Russia and Balkans to Orthodox Christianity; responsible for creation of written script for Slavic known as Cyrillic | 16 | |
| 126627492 | Rus | the medieval Russian state established by Scandanavian traders in the 9th century | 17 | |
| 126627494 | Novogrod | The first improtant city; in northwestern Russia | 18 | |
| 126627496 | Vladimir I | Ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev from 980 to 1015; converted kingdom to Christianity | 19 | |
| 126627498 | Yaroslav I | Vladimir's son; was thrice Grand Prince of Novgorod and Kiev, uniting the two principalities for a time under his rule. During his lengthy reign, Kievan Rus' reached a zenith of its cultural flowering and military power; first library; organized legal system | 20 | |
| 126627500 | Czar | Russian word for Caesar | 21 | |
| 126627502 | Taiga | a forest of evergreen trees growing south of the tundra in Russia | 22 | |
| 126627503 | Ivan III | The prince that made Moscow the new capital of Russia, and he overthrew the Mongols that were dominating Russia | 23 | |
| 126627504 | Ivan IV | set up secret police, the most powerful of the early czars. Learned, religious, and cruel. Saw treason everywhere and arrested, exiled, or excecuted many advisors, reduced boyars power, increased Russia's trade with western Europe and worked to expand borders, conquered Mongul lands to the east and south of Moscow | 24 | |
| 126627505 | Oprichniki | A personal group of civil servants who arrested boyers and gave their lands to Ivan the Terrible's supporters | 25 | |
| 126627506 | Third Rome | Russian claim to be successor state to Roman and Byzantine empires; based in part on continuity of Orthodox church in Russia following fall of Constantinople in 1453 (Moscow) | 26 | |
| 126627507 | Ivan I | Moscow leader, cooperated with the Mongols, and in return awarded him with the title Great Prince | 27 | |
| 126627508 | Cosmopolitan | common/belonging to all the world | 28 | |
| 126627509 | Byzantium | a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395 | 29 | |
| 126627510 | Constantinople | Previously known as Byzantium, Constantine changed the name of the city and moved the capitol of the Roman Empire here from Rome | 30 | |
| 126627511 | Moscow | a city of central European Russia | 31 | |
| 126627512 | Dnieper River | a river that rises in Russia near Smolensk and flowing south through Belarus and Ukraine to empty into the Black Sea | 32 | |
| 126627513 | Mongols | A people of this name is mentioned as early as the records of the Tang Empire, living as nomads in northern Eurasia. After 1206 they established an enormous empire under Genghis Khan, linking western and eastern Eurasia | 33 | |
| 126627514 | Ural Mountians | mountain range running North to South which create western border of Russia | 34 | |
| 126627515 | Provincial Envy | when a province envies a greater or powerful empire for beign successful | 35 | |
| 126627516 | Metropolitan | in the Eastern Orthodox Church this title is given to a position between bishop and patriarch | 36 | |
| 126627517 | Pravda Russkaia | Russian law codes, first code. Created by Yaroslav | 37 | |
| 126627518 | Boyar | Russian noble | 38 |
