Ap World History Byzantines Flashcards
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| 5760942205 | Justinian and Theodora | -Byzantine emperor-politics -Constantinople by Zantium -Codification of Roman law, attempts to expand empire -Organization and spread of Roman laws to rest of Europe and history | 0 | |
| 5760943388 | Orthodox Christianity | Branch of Christianity that developed in the Eastern part of the Roman Empire and gradually separated from the branch of Christianity dominant in Western Europe | 1 | |
| 5760944969 | The 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 | |
| 5760944970 | 1453 | Ottomans capture Constantinople | 3 | |
| 5760947450 | Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine Empire; constructed on the site of Byzantium, an old Greek city on the Bospours | 4 | |
| 5760948827 | Cyril and Methodius | Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern Europe and the Balkans; responsible for creating the Slavic written script called Cyrillic | 5 | |
| 5760956814 | Hagia Sophia | Great domed church constructed during the reign of Justinian | 6 | |
| 5760956815 | Crsades | Any military expansion by the pope | 7 |