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Byzantine Empire
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History
8th Grade
09/10/2009

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Roman Republic
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created when last Etruscan king is driven from power
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Senate
Definition
true power in Roman Republic was held by the...
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Julius Caesar
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Republic ends when he becomes dictator in 48 BC
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Octavian Augustus
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1st emperor of the Roman Empire
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Constantine
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credited his military success to the Christian God
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Constantinople
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new name for Byzantium
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Justinian
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Greatest Byzantine Emperor
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Theodora
Definition
advanced womens' rights in the Byzantine Empire
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Great Schism of 1054
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Christian church splits in two
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Roman Catholics
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group led by the Pope; masses said in Latin
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Eastern (Greek) Orthodox
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group led by the Patriarch; mass said in Greek
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Muslim Turks
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conquer Constantinople in 1453
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Istanbul
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Turks new name for Constantinople
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Roman Senate
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made of 300 upper-class men who served for life
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Julius Caesar
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assassinated on the Ides of March
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Middle Ages or Medieval Period
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time period started when Rome falls and Byzantine Empire begins
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Bosporus
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strait where Constantinople is located
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Justinian
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collected and organized best Roman laws
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Hagia Sophia
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Church of Holy Wisdom
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Theodora
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basically Justinian's co-ruler
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Western Roman Empire
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ends when Constantine dies
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excommunicated
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another word for the Pope kicking the Byzantine emperor out of the church
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Asia and Europe
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2 continents that meet in Constantinople
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split it in 2 (Western and Eastern)
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What the Romans do to try and save their very large empire
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Greek, Roman, and Christian
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3 cultures that influenced the Byzantine civilization
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energetic, did not give up, listened to everyone's ideas
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name one quality that made Justinian a good and successful ruler
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