Unit Two: Byzantine and Mongol Empire

Front

The Byzantine Empire is the ____________ Roman Empire.

Back

Eastern

Front

By 330 Emperor Constantine built a new capital city in __________________ where the Byzantine Empire arose from this site.

Back

Constantinople

Front

Emperor Justinian ruled the Byzantine Empire under which form of government? Options: Aristocracy, Democracy, Autocracy, Dynasty

Back

Autocracy

Front

Under Justinian, the imperial goal in the East was to _____________ government and to impose ___________ and doctrinal conformity.

Back

centralize, legal

Front

Justinian's most important political accomplishment was codifying __________ ___________.

Back

Roman Law

Front

Empress Theodora encouraged her husband Justinian to make new laws that were fair to _________.

Back

women

Front

Under the reign of Justinian, Constantinople was a meeting place for merchants from Europe and _______.

Back

Asia

Front

Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruled by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program, including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code.

Back

Justinian

Front

Byzantine artists developed ____________ which are pictures or designs formed by inlaid pieces of stone or other materials.

Back

Mosaics

Front

Byzantine art focused on ___________ ____________ through icons that created the sense that the person was actually present.

Back

religious themes