AP World History Chapter 9 Flashcards

11567644404	Byzantine Empire	Eastern half of Roman Empire after fall of western half of old empire	0
11567644405	Hagia Sophia	a 6th century masterpiece of Byzantine architecture in Istanbul; built as a Christian church, converted to a mosque in 1453, and made into a museum in the middle of the 20th century.	1
11567644406	Belisarius	One of Justinian's most important military cimmanders during period of reconquest of western Europe; commanded in north Africa and Italy.	2
11567644407	icons	A painting of Christ or another holy figure, used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.	3
11567644408	Rurik	A member of a dynasty that ruled Muscovy and much of Russia from the 9th century until the death of Fyodor, son of Ivan the Terrible, in 1598. It was reputedly founded by a Varangian chief who settled in Novgorod in 862.	4
11567644409	Yaroslav I	Yaroslav I can refer to: * Yaroslav I of Pskov * Yaroslav I the Wise, prince of Kiev * Yaroslav I of Halych.	5
11567644410	Balkans	A range of mountains stretching east across Bulgaria. The highest peak is Botev Peak (7,793 feet; 2,375 m).	6
11567644411	Justinian	(483-565),* Byzantine emperor 527-565; Latin name Flavius Petrus Sabbatius Justinianus*. He codified Roman law 529.	7
11567644412	Greek fire	A combustible compound emitted by a flame-throwing weapon and used to set fire to enemy ships. First used by the Greeks besieged in Constantinople (673-78), it ignited on contact with water, and was probably based on naphtha and quicklime.	8
11567644413	iconoclasm	The rejection or destruction of religious images as heretical; the doctrine of iconoclasts.	9
11567644414	Vladimir I	(956-1015), grand prince of Kiev 980-1015; known as Vladimir the Great; canonized as St. Vladimir.	10
11567644415	boyars	A member of the old aristocracy in Russia, next in rank to a prince.	11
11567644416	Manzikert	a town in Muş Province in eastern Turkey, with a population of 23,697 (year 2000)	12
11567644417	Theodora	(c.500-548), Byzantine empress; wife of Justinian.	13
11567644418	Bulgaria	A country in southeastern Europe.	14
11567644419	Cyril and Methodius	Saints d. 869 and 884, respectively, Greek missionaries, brothers, called Apostles to the Slavs and fathers of Slavonic literature.	15
11567644420	Russian Orthodoxy	of or relating to or characteristic of the Eastern Orthodox Church.	16
11567644421	Tatars	A member of a Turkic people living in Tatarstan and various other parts of Russia and Ukraine. They are the descendants of the Tartars who ruled central Asia in the 14th century.	17