Byzantine Empire

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For entertainment, MOST of the people of Constantinople:

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Went to the Hippodrome

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Who moved the capital of Rome to Byzantium and renamed it "New Rome" (later Constantinople)?

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Constantine

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Who was the leader of the church in the Byzantine empire?

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The emperor

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What is iconoclasm?

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Icon smashing

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In 1054, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church formally split. This is a:

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Schism

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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 emperor had the law code re-written and organized?

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Justinian

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What was one of the greatest public works projects during the Byzantine Empire? Options: The Scriptorium, The Colosseum, The Pantheon, The Hagia Sophia

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The Hagia Sophia

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Who was the famous lady that influenced her husband to increase some legal rights of women?

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Theodora