AP World History 09 Flashcards

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298658086	Justinian	6th century Byzantine emperor, failed to reconquer the western portions of the empire; rebuilt Constantinople; codified Roman law.	0
298658087	Hagia Sophia	great domed church constructed during reign of Justinian	1
298658088	Body of Civil Law	Justinian's codification of Roman law; reconciled Roman edicts and decisions; made Roman law coherent basis for political and economic life,	2
298658089	Bulgaria	Slavic kingdom in Balkans; constant pressure on Byzantine Empire; defeated by Basil II in 1014.	3
298658090	icons	images of religious figured venerated by Byzantine Christians	4
298658091	iconoclasm	the breaking of images; religious controversy of the 8th century; Byzantine emperor attempted, but failed, to supress icon veneration.	5
298658092	Manzikert	Seljuk Turk victory in 1071 over Byzantium; resulted in loss of the empire's rich Anatolian territory.	6
298658093	Cyril and Methodius	Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and Balkans; responsible for creation of Slavic written script called Cyrillic.	7
298658094	Kiev	commercial city in Ukraine established by Scandinavians in the 9th century; became the center for a kingdom that flourished until the 12th century.	8
298658095	Vladimir I	ruler of Kiev (980 - 1015); converted kingdom to Orthodox Christianity.	9
298658096	Russian Orthodoxy	Russian form on Christianity brought from the Byzatine Empire	10
298658097	boyars	Russian landholding aristocrats; possessed less politial power that their western European counterparts.	11
298658098	Tartars	Mongols who conquered Russian cities during the 13th century; left Russian church and arictocracy intact.	12