AP World History Chapter Nine Vocab. Flashcards

140196307	Cyrillic alphabet	an alphabet drived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages	0
140196308	boyars	Russian landholding aristocrats; possessed less political power than their western European counterparts	1
140196309	Orthodox Christian church	Eastern church which was created in 1053 after the schism from the western Roman church; its head is the patriarch of Constantinople. (also called the Byzantine Church)	2
140196310	Bulgaria	Slavic kingdom established in northern portions of Balkan peninsula; constant source of pressure on Byzantine Empire; defeated by Emperor Basil II in 1014	3
140196311	Byzantine Empire	Eastern half of Roman Empire following collapse of western half of old empire; retained Mediterranean culture, particularly Greek; later lost Palestine, Syria, and Egypt to Islam; capital at Constantinople	4