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| Why is the Byzantine Empire seen as a direct Descendant of the Roman Empire? |
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| It is considered the political heir |
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| How long did the Byzantine Empire Last? |
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| 950 years from 500 to 1450 C.E. |
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| The significance of the Byzantine Empire was...? |
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| It was one of the most powerful and long lasting empires in history. |
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| What was the most important "stepchild" of the Byzantine Civilization? |
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| Describe the similarities between the spread of civilizations in Eastern and Western Europe. |
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Both spread northward and gave way to Monotheism. |
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Describe the similarities between the spread of civilization in Eastern and Western Europe. |
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| Produced different versions of Christianity |
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| The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its commercial center are located at...? |
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| The emperor responsible for the initial construction of Constantinople was...? |
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| What was the difference in the military organization of Byzantine and western Roman Empires? |
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| It recruited armies from the middle east, not barbarian troops |
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| What was the great church built in Constantinople by Justinian? |
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| Starting with the rein of Justinian, what was the official language of the eastern empire? |
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| The Byzantine Empire began in what year? By who? |
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| 4th century C.E. by the Romans |
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| Who was the brillian genral who helped Justinian achieve military gains in North Africa and Italy? |
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The name normally given to the form of Christianity that emerged in the Byzantine Empire was...? |
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What Eastern emperor was responsible for the attempted restoration of a united Roman Empire after 533? |
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| What were Justinian's positive contributions to the Byzantine Empire? |
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| The reconstruction of Constantinople |
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The former courtesan who was Justinian's wife and advisor was? |
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The Slavic kigndom that particularly pressed Byzantine territory in the Balkans after the eighth century C.E. was? |
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| What were the outcomes of Justinian's wars of reconquest |
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| Attack from Persian and Slavic forces and loss of middle eastern territory |
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| After the Seventh century, what group posed the greatest threat to the eastern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire? |
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| What was the technological innovation that aided the Byzantine Empire in withstanding the Mslim siege of Constantinople in 717? |
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Greek Fire, a petrolleum quicklime and sulfur mixture. |
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| How did the conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslims affect the small farmers of the empire? |
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| It weakened them, due to heavier Taxes |
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| What overall conclusion might be drawn about the Byzantine Empire as the result of its conflicts with is neighbors? |
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| It was a great kingdom but due to overambitous leaders, it was weakened from it's highest point of power. |
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| Byzantine cultural life centered on the secular tradition of...? |
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| What emperor became renowned in the eleventh century as the slayer of the Bulgars by defeating the Bulgarian Kingdom and restoring Byzantine rule in the Balkans? |
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| Basil II(A.K.A. Bulgaroktomos) |
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| In which ways were the Byzantine Bureaucracy and the Chinese bureaucracy similar? |
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| The Emperor was ordained to be a god. |
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| Where did the Byzantines get their military from? What rewards could they expect? |
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| What city was the most important in the Byzantine Empire and why? How did this affect other cities? give one example |
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| Constantinople, large peasentry class caused a higher demand of food for Constantinople, which left other cities(such as Athens) to dwindle. |
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| What were the primary exports of the Byzanitne Empre? |
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| Silk, Spice,Cloth, and Carpets. |
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What power did the merchant class of the Byzantine have? Why? |
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| Not significant. The elaborate network of government |
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| What were examples of Byzantine cultural life? |
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| The destructon of a Saint's biography written by a peasent. |
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| The religious controversy over the use of religious images in worship that broke out in the eighth century was called? |
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| What was the result of the conflict over the use of religious images in the Orthodox Church? |
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| The use of icons was restored gradually along with State Control over church affairs |
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| What were causes for the split between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox after 1054? |
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| A Church Patriarch who raised a host of old issues |
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| In the eleventh century, what group of people seized most of the asiatic provinces of the Byzantine Empire? |
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| What was the outcome of the western crusade of 1204? |
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| The loss of Constantinople |
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| In what year did the ottoman turks successfully capture Constantinople and bring the Byzantine Empire to a close? |
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| What two missionaries were responsible for the creation of a written script for Slavic Language? |
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| The Slavic alphabet created by the Orthodox missionaries to the Slavs is called? |
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Which country converted to Orthodox Christianity? Which areas/countries were Roman Catholic? |
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| The kingdom of Kiev in southern Russia was established by traders from what region? |
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| The first king of Kievan Russia was...? |
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| Why did Vladimir I prefer Orthodox Christianity to Roman Catholicism? |
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| He feared he would come under the Papal's influence |
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Which of the Kievan Princes issued a formal legal code? |
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| What group of peoples were responsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia in 1236? |
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What affect did the tatar invasion of Russia have on Russian Christianity and Russian Aristocracy? |
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| They did not destroy Russian Christianity or Aristocracy |
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