WHAP Chapter 9 Flashcards

a few facts for chapter 9....

242778833	Constantinople	Capital of the Byzantine empire	1
242778834	The byzantine empire was...	a political heir to Rome	2
242778835	The step-child of the Byzantine Empire...	Russia	3
242778836	Justinian	Autocratic ruler of Byzantine (came in 553), had high hopes for westward expansion. Was influenced by wife Theodora.	4
242778837	Good things that Justinian did...	1. rebuilt constantinople 2. systemized the Roman legal code -reduced confusion and united the empire 3. The Hagia Sophia (church) 4. With the aid of Belisarius, he made new gains in North Africa and Italy	5
242778838	Greek fire	byzantine creation, made of: petroleum, quicklime, and sulfur....devastated Arab ships	6
242778839	Economic burdens on the empire	-taxation -invasion -weakened famers positions -made the aristocracy stronger * main focus became on army/navy	7
242778840	Tsar	Slavic version of the word Caesar	8
242778841	Basil II	-byzantinian emperor known as the "slayer of Bulgarians" -used the empires wealth to bribe the Bulgarian nobles -defeated the Bulgarians in 1014	9
242778842	Empress Theodora	-named after Justinian's wife -shared the title of empress with her sister Zoe -checked unruly nobles -limited bureaucratic corruption -severeness towards personal enemies brought criticism	10
242778843	Things that made China/Byzantine alike...	-aristocrats -educated bureaucrats -provincial governors to keep tabs on military officials	11
242778844	iconoclasm	attack against idol worshipping "breaking of images" in the end, state reigned over church, but the icons remained	12
242856170	864	the year that the byzantine government sent Cyril & Methodius to convert peopple north to Orthodox christianity.	13
242856171	the two missionaries that created the Cyrillic language/alphabet	Methodius & Cyrill	14
242856172	Language of roman catholicism	Latin	15