AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY Chapter 9 Review
Subject:
World History [1]
Tags:
christianity [18]
Europe [19]
Christian theology [20]
Kievan Rus' [21]
Crusades [22]
Early Middle Ages [23]
Byzantine Empire [24]
Varangians [25]
middle ages [26]
Pope [27]
Rus [28]
Holy Roman Empire [29]
religion [30]
AP* EDITION|THE EARTH AND ITS PEOPLE: A GLOBAL HISTORY CHAPTER 9 Larger Concept Section Review Vocabulary Terms Details THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE, 600-1200 An Empire Beleaguered -Unlike the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire retained its unity and became the Byzantine Empire, headed by an emperor who held both political and religious power -A schism split the Orthodox Church from the Catholic Church in the west Charlemagne-King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814) Medieval-literally ?middle age,? a term that historians of Europe use for the period ca. 500 to ca. 1500 Byzantine Empire-historians? name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century onward