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| 11567644404 | Byzantine Empire | *Eastern half of Roman Empire* after fall of western half of old empire |  | 0 |
| 11567644405 | Hagia Sophia | a *6th century masterpiece* of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; *built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453*, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century. |  | 1 |
| 11567644406 | Belisarius | One of Justinian's *most important military cimmanders during period of reconquest* of western Europe; commanded in north Africa and Italy. |  | 2 |
| 11567644407 | icons | A *painting of Christ or another holy figure, *used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches. |  | 3 |
| 11567644408 | Rurik | A *member of a dynasty that ruled Muscovy and much of Russia* from the 9th century until the death of Fyodor, son of Ivan the Terrible, in 1598. It was reputedly founded by a Varangian chief who settled in Novgorod in 862. |  | 4 |
| 11567644409 | Yaroslav I | Yaroslav I can refer to: * Yaroslav I of Pskov * Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Kiev * Yaroslav I of Halych. |  | 5 |
| 11567644410 | Balkans | A *range of mountains stretching east across Bulgaria*. The highest peak is Botev Peak (7,793 feet; 2,375 m). |  | 6 |
| 11567644411 | Justinian | (483-565),* Byzantine emperor 527-565; Latin name Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus*. He codified Roman law 529. |  | 7 |
| 11567644412 | Greek fire | A *combustible compound emitted by a flame-throwing weapon* and used to set fire to enemy ships. First used by the Greeks besieged in Constantinople (673-78), it ignited on contact with water, and was probably based on naphtha and quicklime. |  | 8 |
| 11567644413 | iconoclasm | The *rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical*; the doctrine of iconoclasts. |  | 9 |
| 11567644414 | Vladimir I | (956-1015), *grand prince of Kiev* 980-1015; known as Vladimir the Great; canonized as St. Vladimir. |  | 10 |
| 11567644415 | boyars | A *member of the old aristocracy in Russia*, next in rank to a prince. |  | 11 |
| 11567644416 | Manzikert | a town in Muş Province in eastern Turkey, with a population of 23,697 (year 2000) |  | 12 |
| 11567644417 | Theodora | (c.500-548), Byzantine empress; wife of Justinian. |  | 13 |
| 11567644418 | Bulgaria | A country in southeastern Europe. |  | 14 |
| 11567644419 | Cyril and Methodius | Saints d. 869 and 884, respectively, Greek missionaries, brothers, called Apostles to the Slavs and fathers of Slavonic literature. |  | 15 |
| 11567644420 | Russian Orthodoxy | of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church. |  | 16 |
| 11567644421 | Tatars | A member of a Turkic people living in Tatarstan and various other parts of Russia and Ukraine. They are the descendants of the Tartars who ruled central Asia in the 14th century. |  | 17 |
