AP World Studies II & III Chapters 13-15 Flashcards

236574392	Byzantine Government	Government that used the theme system, centralized imperial control, awarded soldiers with land grants.
236574393	Caesaropapism	Power centralized in figure of Emperor, Christian leader can't claim divinity, rather divine authority, gave both political and religious rule with absolute authortiy.
236574394	Hagia Sophia	Public works project created by Justinian, one of the great wonders of the world, enormous church which was later transformed into a mosque.
236574395	Justinian	A famous type of law was named after him, began his life poor, but worked his way up through the military to eventually become Emperor of Rome, husband of Theodora, tried to reunite the Roman empire, successfully recaptures much of Western Roman Empire
236574396	Theodora	Advisor and wife to Justinian, Justinian valued her opinion and she deeply influenced his decisions.