8019096048 | the word "orthodox" comes from what two Greek words | straight (orthos) and opinion (doxa) | 0 | |
8018982648 | Byzantine Empire | The Eastern Roman Empire | 1 | |
8019001631 | What was the name of the strait of water that Constantine was built beside | Bosporus | 2 | |
8018987422 | Constantinople | the capital of Eastern Roman Empire (The New Rome) where the east meets the west and traded | 3 | |
8019016595 | Where did the name Byzantine Empire originate? | The city of Byzantium was renamed Constantinople | 4 | |
8019024032 | What culture influenced the Byzantine Empire more than the Roman Culture | The Hellenistic (Greek) culture | 5 | |
8019035424 | Theodora | Justinian's wife, she made him stay in Constantinople instead of fleeing during uprising | 6 | |
8019030793 | Justinian | one of the most famous emperors of the Byzantine Empire whose main goal was to restore the greatness of the Roman Empire. | 7 | |
8019047987 | The Justinian Code | a clarification and Roman legal principles | 8 | |
8019051795 | Hagia Sophia | means "Holy Wisdom", Justinian built it | 9 | |
8019059097 | Black Sea | the sea north of Asia Minor | 10 | |
8019062089 | Eastern Orthodox Church | the name of the church in the Byzantine Empire | 11 | |
8019118468 | "Greek fire" | a secret weapon that could burn on water | 12 | |
8019164950 | Basil II | known as the "bulgar Slayer" , he crushed the Bulgars and added the Balkan region to the empire | 13 | |
8019255785 | Seljuk Turks | a powerful force from the East that adopted the Muslim religion | 14 | |
8019268024 | Crusades | the military response by the Pope to sea the Byzantine Empire and especially the Holy Land from the Muslim invaders | 15 | |
8019276690 | Ottoman Turks | conquered Constantinople with the use of cannons | 16 | |
8019283594 | Cyril and Methodius | missionary brothers that went to the Slavic peoples of Russia and developed a written language for them | 17 | |
8019308514 | mosaic | the decorative artwork of the Byzantine Empire that uses tiny pieces of glass or stone | 18 | |
8019321185 | Varangians | the Swedish Norsemen that attacked Slavic villages in Russia | 19 | |
8019328481 | Slavs | largest ethnic group in Russia | 20 | |
8019332749 | Ishmael | the Arabs trace their beginnings to this son of Abraham | 21 | |
8019335970 | bedouins | groups of Arabs who roamed the desert in search of pasture and water for their hers of animals | 22 | |
8019346428 | Muhammad | claimed to be the greatest prophets of Allah and his teachings became the basis for a religious movement known Islam | 23 | |
8019352500 | Muslims | followers of Muhammad, means "submitter to Allah" | 24 | |
8019357774 | Mecca | Muslims pray toward and take pilgrimages to this city. It was the birthplace of Muhammad | 25 | |
8019360565 | Medina | the city that Muhammad fled to and became a spiritual, political and military leader | 26 | |
8019366210 | Qur'an | the sacred book of the Muslims | 27 | |
8019376340 | Islam | a religion that threatened the Byzantine Empire. It means "submission" to Allah | 28 | |
8019384245 | Battle of Tours | the Muslim advance in Europe that was stopped by the Franks (French) | 29 | |
8019388446 | calligraphy | an art of beautiful writing. | 30 | |
8019390693 | mosques | Muslim places of worship | 31 | |
8019393861 | Hegira | Mohammad's flight to Medina | 32 | |
8019397284 | Major problem after Muhammad's death | Muhammad did not appoint a successor after his death | 33 | |
8019402081 | Kaaba | the shrine in Mecca that one housed hundreds of pagan idols | 34 | |
8057203218 | Rurik | established the first ruling dynasty in Russia | 35 |
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