APWH Chapter Nine Vocabulary Flashcards
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| 139187916 | 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. | 0 | |
| 139187917 | Huns | Nomadic, warlike people from Asia who attacked Europe in the 4th Century and then invaded the northwest part of India in the 5th Century. | 1 | |
| 139187918 | icons | images of religious figures that became objects of veneration within Christianity of the Byzantine Empire; Particularly prevalent in Eastern monasticism | 2 | |
| 139187919 | Rurik | Rus military leader and legendary first king of the Russians | 3 | |
| 139187920 | Theodora and Zoë | (c. 500 - 28 June 548), was empress of the Byzantine Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Like her husband, she is a saint in the Orthodox Church, commemorated on 14 November. Theodora was perhaps the most influential and powerful woman in the Byzantine Empire's history | 4 |