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AP World History, Byzantine
Reading quiz, chapter 13 of Traditions and Encounters 4/e
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10th Grade
10/07/2008

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Leo III
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Began iconoclasm
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Theodora
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Wife of Justinian.
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Belisarius
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general who won italy, sicily, nw africa and southern spain for byzantium
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manzikert
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disastrous byz loss to the saljuq turks
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st. cyril
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helped create a written slavic alphabet
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byzantion
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the greek trading center on the bosphorus
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corupus iruris civilis
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definitive codification of roman law
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arians
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taught that jesus had been a mortal human being rather than divine.
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justinian
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byz emperor who attempted to reconstruct rome's greatness
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st. basil of caesarea
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played an important role in the rise of monasticism
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prince vladimir
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helped convert russia to orthodox christianity
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basil II
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byz leader who slaughtered the bulgars
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in a disaster from which the byzantine empire never really recovered, const. was sacked in 1204 by the _____
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fourth crusade
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by the late sixth century byzantium became the md. world's leading producer of ____
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silk
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caesaropapism
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system in which the emperor has a mix of political and religious authority.
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greens and blues
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main factions during justinian's time who contested in the Hippodrome and who occasionally fought in the streets
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prince vladimir
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helped rise of chirstianity bye converting in 989
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st. simon stylite
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most famous "pillar saint"
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iconoclasm
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abolishing of religious symbols from worship
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pillar saint
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hung out on top of pillars for long periods of time to meditate.
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