Byzantine Empire

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The Byzantine Empire was the eastern half of what remained of what ancient empire?

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The Roman Empire

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Why was Constantinople a great site for a capital?

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The site was easy to defend as a peninsula, it was a crossroads of east and west trade routes, and it was a walled city.

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What was Justinian's project to create the largest structure in the world?

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The Hagia Sophia

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This famous wife influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women? Options: Irene, Theodora, Joan of Arc, Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Theodora

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Which is a long-lasting effect of Justinian's Code of laws?

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It established the basis for coded laws in Western World.

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Who conquered the Byzantines in 1453?

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The Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror

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How was the Roman Empire divided?

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Greek speaking East and Latin speaking West

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Who moved the capital of the Roman Empire from Rome to Byzantine?

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Constantine

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What was the new name given to Byzantine after Constantine moved the capital?

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Constantinople

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The Byzantine Empire reached its peak under the leadership of...

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Justinian