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| Lands Justinians armies added to empire |
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| North Africa, Rome, Parts of Spain, nearly all of Italy. Called "New Caesar" after this because he ruled all the territory Rome had ever ruled. |
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| Justinian and Later Byzantine Emperors had absolute power over....... |
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| people in church and state not happy because..... |
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| Politics were brutal, and emperors lived under risk of assassination. |
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400 years worth of Roman Law. single uniformed code.
Regulated marriage, slavery, property, inheritance, womans rights, and criminal justice |
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| Holy wisdom, symbolized close connection between church and state. |
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| Why Modern World owes gratitude to Byzantine scholars. |
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| Preserving many of the great works of Greece and Rome |
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| Attack that affected empire |
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| An illness. In 542, 10000 people were dying a day |
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| Four methods Byzantine emperors used to keep attackers from conquereing them |
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bribes
diplomacy
political marriages
military power |
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| religious images used by Easter Christians to aid their devotions. Banned by Emperor in 730 because he viewed them as ideal worship |
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| Byzantine emperor had more power then patriarch |
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| What happened to Christianity in 1054 |
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| It split between Roman Catholic Church in the West and Orthodox Church in East. |
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| Three rivers that made trade possible in Russias first united territory |
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| Don River, Volga River, Dnieper River |
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| He was invited by a Viking cheif |
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| Where rurik established city of novgorod in 862 |
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| Why Kiev was a valuable location for the Vikings |
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| Trade for products from distant lands |
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| Byzantine chose Christianity as his religion after sending reps to learn about other main religions |
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| his people had a lukewarm feeling about the other religions and reported that Christians had a beautiful house of worship. |
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| became the supreme ruler of Church and State |
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| What lands did Vladimir extend KIev's power to |
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West into Polan
NOrth almost to Baltic Sea |
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| Marrying his sons and daughters and sisters to Kings and Princes in Europe improved Kievs economy, how? |
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| Forge important trading alliances through the marriages |
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| Law code tailored to Kievs commerical culture which means |
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| rules dealt with crimes agaisn peoples property |
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| Their savage killing and burning won them a reputation for ruthless, brutality |
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| Two things the Mongols demanded from the Russians wer..... |
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| Absolute obedience and payments |
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| MOscow became as strong as kiev until 1350 when Ivan I convinced the patriach to move to moscow. |
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| Helped the citys prestige and gave moscows princes a powerful ally |
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| Ivan III game himself the title czar or Caesar |
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| He wanted to make Russia the THIRD ROME |
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| Mongols left Russia after a bloodless standoff which is...... |
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| Neither side advanced to fight |
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