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Lathrom Byzantine Empire
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01/21/2012

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Alexander Nevsky
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Russian who defeated a German invading army and was rewarded by Mongols by becoming Grand Prince
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Armenia
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Next to the Byzantine Empire, battleground b/w Turks, Persians and Russians. In 1800's it was divided b/w Ottoman Turks and Russians
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Bulgaria
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Region conquered by Rome, then by Slavs and Bulgars, then by Byzantine in 1018. Then Ottoman Turks ruled again for 500 years.
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Church of Hagia Sophia
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Built by Justinian and located in Constantinople, took 5 years and 10,000 workers, Monumental
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Constantinople
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Constantine moved the capitol of the Roman Empire here from Rome.
NEW ROME
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Cyril
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cyrillic script
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Czar
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Ivan III took this title, Czar as a god, western influences never penetrated the East
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Decline of Kiev
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After Yaroslav's death Kiev is taken over by Mongols 1240
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Eastern Heresies
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To the Patriarch: (1) The belief of Pregatory distinct from Hell (2) the use of leavened and unleavend bread at the Eucharist
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Eastern Slavs
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After fall of Byzantium, power center moved to Eastern Slavs
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Empress Irene
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first female emperor. permitted the use of icons in 843
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Georgia
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Anouther battleground, stop on the Silk Road, became part of Russian Empirein 1800's
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Hippodrome
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Built by Justinian, chariot race track
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Iconoclasts
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people who opposed the use of icons in worship
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Iconodules
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People in support of icon worship
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Icons
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Images of religous figures venerated by Byzantine Christians
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Ivan I
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known as money bags
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Ivan III
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1480's drove mongols out of russia, Ivan the Great, Moscow is center of E. Orthodox after Byzantine fell
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Justinian
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Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the persians
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Justinian Code of Laws
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This code was composed by the emperor Justinian based on Roman laws, were the clearest and most comprehensive laws of the time. It spread Roman legal principals beyond the empire
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Kiev
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Ukraine
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King Simeon
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of Bulgaria. Influenced by Byzantine. nation reached its peak under him
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King Tiridates
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In AD 301 he made Armenia the first state in the world to adopt Christianity
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Latin vs. Greek as offical language
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Justinian last to use latin in the Roman Empire
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Leo III
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(717-741) outlawed icon use, monks didn't like it, Roman popes were opposed to the iconoclastic edicts
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Mongols
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Tartars, taxed people, made people join the army, Seperated from west, ruled for 200 years
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Mosaics
Definition
Picture made from bits of colored stone or glass
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Moscow
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Ruled by Nevesky's son and grew when East Orthodox leader moved there
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Nino
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Christiaan woman who converted nation of Georgia to Christianity
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Novgrod
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Only city not conquered by Mongols
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Powers or the Pope
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Political and religious
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Prince Oleg
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conquered Kiev
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Princess Olga
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The Russian ruler of Kiev who converted to Eastern Orthodox publicly, grandmother of Vladimir
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Public Works
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Projects built by gov. for public works
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Queen Tamara
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Queen of Georgia, Golden Age on 1100's-early 1200's, constantly attacked
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Rurik the Rus
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Viking leader who took control of the regiaon Rus
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Sassanian Empire
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a Persian Empire that attacked the Byzantines
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Schism
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A seperation between two branches of Christianity- East and West
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Serbia
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Settled by Slavs, accepted Orthodox religion, accepted Cyrillic alphabet
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Sophia
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Married to Ivan III
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Stefan Dusan
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The king of Serbia, Beat Byzantines for land, The Ottoman Turks later took over Serbia from Dusan's heirs in 1389 (Battle of Kosovo)
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The Third Rome
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Moscow
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Trade with Byzantine Empire
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Slavic Empire developed as a result of trade routes set up by Byzantium
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Ukrainian Steppe
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Good soil, poor climate
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Vikings
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Slavs relied on vikings to protect trade routes
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Vladimir
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Russian ruler who chose Eastern Christianity as the offical religion of the russian atate
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Yaroslav
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Vladimir's son became a grand prince in A.D. 1019. under his rule, Kievan culture reached its "golden Age". First library established and legal system organized
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Western Heresies
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To the Pope: (1) Begining Lent on Ash Wendsday instead of monday (2)Disapproval of married preists (3) The unlawful addition to the Greek words "and the son" when describing the holy ghost
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