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The Byzantine Empire
Vocab for Chapter 21
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History
7th Grade
04/20/2010

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Icons

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Religious Images

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Venetians

Definition

People from Venice; defeated the Vikings.

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Mosaics

Definition

Pictures made up of any bits of colored glass or stone.

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Byzantium

Definition

Former name of Constantinople.

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Cyrillic alphabet

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Based on the Greek alphabet.

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Greek Fire

Definition

Chemical mixture that ignited when it came into contact with fire.

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Theology

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The study of religion.

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Constantinople

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Capital of the Byzantine Empire.

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Relics

Definition

Holy objects from the past.

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Dowry

Definition

Wealth a woman brought with her when she married.

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Theodora

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Justinian's wife.

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Justinian

Definition

Macedonian; greatest Byzantine emperor.

 

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Leo the Third

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Emperor who ordered a stop to the use of icons in religious worship.

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Byzantine Empire

Definition

Eastern Roman Empire.

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Constantine

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Emperor of the Byzantine empire.

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Hagia Sophia

Definition

A church in Constantinople.

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Patriarch

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Leader of the Church in Constantinople.

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Tribonian

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Legal scholar who headed a group to rewrite laws.

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Belisarius

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Byzantine officer; reorganized and led the army.

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Metropolitans

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Church officials in charge of the empire's important areas.

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