Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe: AP World History Chapter 9 Flashcards
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272807373 | The 2 Major Civilizations in Eastern Europe | Byzantium and Western Europe | 0 | |
272807374 | What religion was Byzantium? | Orthodox Christianity | 1 | |
272807375 | What religion was Western Europe? | Catholicism | 2 | |
272807376 | What were the similarities between Byzantium and Western Europe? | 1. Influenced by Islam 2. Civilizations spread northward 3. Polytheism gave way to monotheism a. Some syncretism - old religious beliefs maintained 4. Northern areas struggled for political definition 5. New trading activities 6. Looked back to Greco-Roman past - borrowed | 3 | |
272807377 | What were the differences between Byzantium and Western Europe? | 1. Different, sometimes hostile versions of Christianity 2. Little mutual contact a. Trade didn't go east/west 3. East more advanced politically, culturally, economically | 4 | |
272807378 | What was the origin of Byzantium? | ... | 5 |