PEP week 6 Byzantine Empire

The Eastern Roman Empire was more often called the

• Church of Rome

• Orthodox Church

• Byzantine Empire

• Constantine

The Byzantine Empire began around

• 330 CE

• 1400 CE

• 485 CE

• 290 BCE

The Eastern Roman Empire's capital, _____, was a powerful center of trade until its fall in the 1400s

• Naples

• Constantine

• Constantinople

• Justinian

The Eastern Roman Empire was formerly _______ and an ancient Greek colony of Byzantium before that.

• New England

• Ruiz

• Syria

• New Rome

By ______ AD, The Western Roman Empire falls

• 847

• 9283

• 1979

• 476

The Eastern Roman Empire continues until ______.

• 476

• 9234

• 1453

• 865

One of the greatest Byzantine emperors was______, whose reign began in 527 CE.

• Jerusalem

• Constatine

• Persephone

• Justinian

The Byzantines preserved other traditions of ______and ______ culture. They decorated churches with frescoes, paintings, and mosaics, and preserved ancient texts in their libraries.

• French

• Latin

• Greek

• Roman

After Justinian’s conquests, the Byzantine Empire became _________ to protect, and threats came from all borders.

• too old

• too small

• too large

• harder

The rise of _______ around the 600s, unified Arab groups grew throughout the empire, taking over Syria and Palestine.

• Catholicism

• Christianity

• Islam

• Jerusalem