argg, I be still a pirate!
11472266 | Orthodox Christian church | Eastern Church ( known as the Byzantine church) | 0 | |
11472267 | Constantine | strong emperor toward the end of the Roman Empire, tried to reverse the fall | 1 | |
11472268 | Huns | Nomadic tribes that pused through centeral Europe | 2 | |
11472269 | Sassanian Empire | Persian Empire who continued Persian traditions, Zoroastian religion | 3 | |
11472270 | Procopius | Justinian's Historian in the Byzantine Empire | 4 | |
11472271 | Greek Fire | Incendiary material used to burn on water | 5 | |
11472272 | Czar | emperors of Russia | 6 | |
11472273 | Cyrillic alphabet | Alphabet named after Saint Cyril, converted Slavs to Orthodox | 7 | |
11472274 | Rurik | Scandinavian who founded Kiev ( Russia) | 8 | |
11472275 | Justinian | Byzantine emperor, failed to reconquer western portions of empire, codified Roman law | 9 | |
11472276 | Hagia Sophia | Great domed church constructed under Justinian | 10 | |
11472277 | Body of Civil Law | Justinian's codification of Roman law | 11 | |
11472278 | Bulgaria | Slavic kingdom in the Balkans, constant pressure by the Byzantine Empire | 12 | |
11472279 | Icons | images of religious figures in the Orthodox church | 13 | |
11472280 | Iconoclasm | breaking of icons, iconclastic contraversy | 14 | |
11472281 | Battle of Manzikert | Seljuk Turk victory over Byzantium | 15 | |
11472282 | Cyril/ Methodius | Byzantine Missionaires sent to convert Europe and Balkans | 16 | |
11472283 | Kiev | Commerical city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians | 17 | |
11472284 | Vladimir | Ruler of Kiev, coverted to Orthodox | 18 | |
11472285 | Russian Orthodox | Russian form of Christianity brought by the byzantine empire | 19 | |
11472286 | Boyars | Russian landholding aristocrats | 20 | |
11472287 | Tatars | Mongols who conquered Russian cities, invaded | 21 | |
11472288 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern portion of Roman Empire which survived, capital is Constantinople | 22 | |
11472289 | Constantinople | Capital of Byzantine Empire | 23 |