World history-AP Byzantine/ Kievan Rus Flashcards
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| 11030643557 | Battle of Manzikert | (1071 CE) Saljuq Turks (A group that originated in the steppes of central Asia) defeat Byzantine armies in this battle in Anatolia; shows the declining power of Byzantium. | 0 | |
| 11030680195 | Fourth Crusade | A Crusade from 1202 to 1204 that was diverted into a battle for Constantinople and failed to recapture Jerusalem causing damage to Byzantine Empire | 1 | |
| 11030683457 | Normans | group from northern France that Byzantine forces clashed with in the Mediterranean. Normans took Sicily and S. Italy from Byzantines | 2 | |
| 11030855628 | Slavs | Group of people who originally lived in the steppes of NE Black sea. 500 B.C.E they began to emerge: East Slavic- Evolved into Ukrainian & Russian West Slavic- Evolved into Polish, Slovak, Czech | 3 | |
| 11030939537 | Vikings | Scandinavian peoples whose sailors raided Europe from the 700s through the 1100s. By 900 vikings ruled the region and E. Slavs | 4 | |
| 11030978165 | Rus | -Origin of the word Russia -Viking leaders were often called this | 5 | |
| 11031006953 | Leo III iconoclastic policy | The practice of opposing the veneration of religious images and icons - He had ordered all images and paintings in churches to be either covered or destroyed | 6 | |
| 11031062114 | Hagia Sophia | A Christian Church: Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. | 7 | |
| 11031093321 | cyril | 8 | ||
| 11031221705 | Eastern Orthodox Church | 9 | ||
| 11031204830 | Hippodrome | A large stadium like Coliseum in the Rome in Constantinople | 10 | |
| 11031241208 | Oleg | First Viking to settle in Kiev and the founder of the Russian state Kievan Rus | 11 | |
| 11031415892 | Cyrillic Alphabet | 12 | ||
| 11031415893 | Kievan Rus | 13 | ||
| 11031421229 | Prince Vladimir | 14 | ||
| 11031421230 | Yaroslav I | 15 | ||
| 11031433617 | Bosoporus Strait | 16 |