AP World History Chapter 9 Terms Flashcards

212782015	Justinian	Eastern Roman emperor between 527 and 565 CE; tried to restore unity of old Roman Empire; issued most famous compilation of Roman Law; extended later Roman architecture (ex. Hagia Sopia)	0
212782016	Manzikert	Seljuk Turk victory over Byzantine	1
212782017	Tartars	Mongols; captured Russian cities and largely destroyed Kievan state in 1236; left Russian Orthodoxy and aristocracy intact	2
212782018	Cyril and Methodius	Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and the Balkans; responsible for creating the Slavic written script called Cyrillic.	3
212782019	Body of civil laws	Justinian's codification of Roman law; revised Roman law as coherent basis for political and economic life	4
212782020	Kiev	Political center of eastern Slav. It established political and social relations with Byzantine Empire. Later it was overthrown by Mongols.	5
212782021	Vladimir I	Ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev from 980 to 1015; converted kingdom to Christianity	6
212782022	Bulgaria	Slavic kingdom established in northern portions of Balkan peninsula; constant source of pressure on Byzantine Empire; defeated by Emperor Basil II in 1014	7
212782023	Russian Orthodoxy	Russian form of Christianity brought from the Byzantine Empire.	8
212782024	Iconoclasm	A challenge to or overturning of traditional beliefs, customs, and values, any movement against the religious use of images	9
212782025	Icon	a conventional religious painting in oil on a small wooden panel	10
212782026	Boyars	Russian landholding aristocrats; possessed less political power than their western European counterparts	11
213594412	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.	12