Module 10 Vocabulary 2025-26

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Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruled by Rome.

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Justinian

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The body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine emperor

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Justinian Code

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Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian

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Hagia Sophia

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a principal bishop in the eastern branch of Christianity

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patriach

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a religious image used by eastern Christians

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icon

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The taking away of a person's right of membership in a Christian church

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excommunication

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An alphabet for the writing of Slavic languages, devised in the ninth century A.D. by Saints Cyril and Methodius

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Cyrillic Alphabet

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A people from the forests north of the Black Sea, ancestors of many peoples in Eastern Europe today.

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Slavs

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Russian ruler who chose Byzantine Christianity as the official religion of the Russian state

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Vladimir

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Russian ruler who divided Kiev among his three sons, leading to its downfall at the hands of the Mongols.

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Yaroslav the Wise