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Unit 6.6 Fall of Rome/Byzantine Empire
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Social Studies
6th Grade
05/30/2018

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pillage
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to rob
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vandal
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a person who destroys property
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mercenary
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hired soldier
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persecution
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to punish
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Byzantine Empire
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an empire of lands formerly part of the Roman Empire with its center at the city of Constantinople
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hippodrome
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an ancient Greek stadium used for horse and chariot racing
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cathedral
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a large, important Christian church
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icon
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a religious image
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Justinian Code
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laws of the ancient Romans collected by Byzantine scholars and organized into a code of laws for the Byzantine Empire under Emperor Justinian
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Hagia Sophia
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a great domed cathedral in Constantinople
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