AP World History: Byzantine Empire Flashcards

8130550925	Why did constantine move the capital?	Prosperous trade between the Baltic sea (north) and the black sea (south) and because of his own honor	0
8130554576	What is the city known as today?	Istanbul	1
8130556963	What happened to the western half of the empire when it split in 395?	Was ruled by Rome and declined and got taken over by the Germans.	2
8130560469	What happened to the eastern half of the empire when it split in 395?	Ruled from Constantinople and grew and prospered (Byzantine Empire)	3
8130566399	Why is the location of Byzantium important?	Made a city of trade, connecting Europe and Asia. Brought the city great wealth and made it bending of strong European and Asian influences.	4
8130572544	By 527, what areas did the Byzantine empire control?	Large swaths of lands bordering the Mediterranean (North Africa, Spain, Italy, Greece, Rest of Balkans, and Southwest Asia) and Rome.	5
8130581229	Why was Constantinople attacked so often and with whom were they fighting?	They faced attacks from German invaders and Sassanian Empire because Constantinople was wealthy and they wanted control	6
8130586381	What led to instability in the Byzantine Government?	Byzantine government was centralized but instability in government was caused by power struggles over succession to the throne	7
8130592214	Who was Justinian the Great and why was he given that title?	He was an emperor of Constantinople and was given that title because of his collection of laws (the corpus luris civilis) and the Byzantine emperor expanded its territory, also for the christian church (Hagia Sophia)	8
8130598264	What happened to the Byzantine Empire after Justinian ?	Borders of the Byzantine empire contracted. Burglars took over Balkans, Germanic tribes reoccupied italy , Arabs took over Syria, Egypt, North Africa and Islamic forces put Constantinople under siege twice	9
8130620852	What are two important events/changes under Heraclius	He resisted numerous invasions from islamic forces in Near East and Sassanid forces in Asia Minor and he greatly reduced the power and influence of the Sassanid.	10
8130634765	Why was the reign of Leo III was so important and what impact that had relations with Rome?	He defeated and reclaim much of the Near Eastern territory lost by his predecessor and gained additional lands in Asia Minor. Leos impact on religion impacted relations on Rome because Rome was focused on Jesus as Islam was not.	11
8130648665	Iconoclasm	The practice of opposing the renevation of religious images and icons	12
8130673167	Theocracy	no separation between church and state	13
8130674725	Patriarch	Someone who is head of the church or in charge	14
8130678687	Why were Monasteries important?	Allowed monks and nuns to live in these centers of prayer and work and also provided aid to the people in times of natural disasters	15
8130686805	What is the Cyrillic alphabet and why was it created?	An alphabet created by Cyril and was created to help him spread not only the word of God but also literacy in general	16
8130690818	What is the religious legacy of the Byzantine Empire?	Christianity which later became known as the Eastern Orthodox tradition	17
8130696226	What were the conflicts of Rome about?	Consisted of the Controversy over Leos III iconoclastic policy, disagreement of the pope, and over whether Rome was the central city of Christendom	18
8130705339	How did the Byzantines strong economy allow them to endure so long?	Due to the location of constantinople , trade flourished with lands bordering the Mediterranean with Northern Europe and with China and India via silk roads.	19
8130716597	What did they trade?	Byzantine and silk weaving industry	20
8130718408	What effect did the concentration of wealth have?	It led to increasing peasant revolts.	21
8130723659	What is the difference from a 'free peasant' and a 'peasant' ?	A free peasant contracted with land owners and paid rent for the land they worked. They were one of the main sources of taxes and recruits for the governments.	22
8130740943	What are examples of Byzantine art achievements?	Icons and mosaics depicting christian themes, pooks and songs detailed lives of Jesus and Mary	23
8130759844	What was the focus of Byzantine education?	focused on Philosophy, math, medicine and law all taught with religious point of views and training for service in the vast Byzantine bureaucracy	24
8130791634	What was the Hippodrome?	a large stadium like the coliseum in Rome and was a gathering spot for the people.	25
8130805931	What led to Byzantine decline?	Decline in strength of military, seijurk turks gradually took more territory, and so did the Normans. Finally ended when the Ottoman Turks conquered Constantinople.	26
8130836518	Why was the battle of Manzikirt important?	Once the seijuk turks defeated Byzantine forces, the turks gradually took more territory in Asia Minor.	27
8130846118	What were the Crusades?	Knights and commoners from western Europe traveled to the Levant with hopes of seizing control for Christianity	28
8130850226	How did the crusades lead to the Byzantine decline?	They crusaded European knights to sack their trading rivals in Constantinople first.	29