4169953346 | Byzantine Empire | (500 CE - 1453 CE) Eastern portion of the Roman Empire which survived beyond the collapse of the Roman Empire with its capital at Constantinople; retained Mediterranean culture, particularly Greek; later lost Palestine, Syria, and Egypt to Islam. | 0 | |
4169954763 | Hagia Sophia | Great domed church constructed during the reign of Justinian in Istanbul. | ![]() | 1 |
4169954764 | Belasarius | Byzantine general under Justinian I(briliant; helped gain N Africa and Italy | 2 | |
4169955375 | Icons | Images of religious figure venerated by Byzantine Christians. | 3 | |
4169955376 | Rurik | Legendary Scandinavian regarded as founder of the first kingdom of Russia based in Kiev in 855 C.E | 4 | |
4169956617 | Yaroslav I | Vladimir's son; Kievan culture peaked; first library; organized legal system | 5 | |
4169956618 | Balkans | Various peoples in this area of Eastern Europe rebelled against Ottoman rule, contributing to their imperial decline. | 6 | |
4169956619 | Justinian | 6-th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; revuilt Constantinople; codified Roman law. | 7 | |
4169957931 | Greek Fire | Incendiary material used by the Byzantines described as able to burn in water. | 8 | |
4169957932 | iconoclasm | The breaking of images; a religious controversy of the 8th centurty; Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed, to suppress icon veneration. | 9 | |
4169959879 | Vladimir I | Ruler of Kiev; converted kingdom to Orthodox Christianity. | 10 | |
4169959880 | boyars | Russian landholding aristocrats; possessed less political power than their western European counterparts. | 11 | |
4169961294 | Manzikert | Battle of Manzikert; Seljuk Turk victory in 1071 over Byzantium; resulted in loss of the empire's rich Anatolian territory. | 12 | |
4169961295 | 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. | 13 | |
4169961942 | Bulgaria | Slavic kingdom in Northern portions of Balkan peninsula that presented a major challenfe to Byzantine Empire | 14 | |
4169961943 | Cyril and Methodius | Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and the Balkans; responsible for creating the Slavic written script called Cyrillic. | 15 | |
4169962524 | Russian Orthodoxy | Russian form of Christianity brought from the Byzantine Empire. | 16 | |
4169962525 | Tartars | Mongols who conquered Russian cities during the 13th century; left Russian church and aristocracy intact. | 17 |
Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe Flashcards
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