4.1-4.3 Activity

Language spoken in the western Roman Empire

• Greek

• Latin

• Germanic

Language spoken in the eastern Roman Empire

• Latin

• Greek

• Arabic

Roman emperor who divided the empire into an eastern and western half

• Constantine

• Augustus

• Diocletian

Byzantine emperor known for great building projects and a revised law code.

• Archimedes

• Constantine

• Justinian

Influential wife of Byzantine emperor Justinian who helped him rule.

• Cleopatra

• Theodora

• Emily

Church rebuilt by emperor Justinian in Constantinople

• Hagia Sophia

• St Peter's Basilica

• Cathedral of Aachen

Scandinavian Vikings who united the Slavic peoples that became Russians

• The Rus

• Varangians

• Norwegians

ruler of Kiev that established trade and cultural links with the Byzantines

• Prince Ivan

• Prince Vladimir

• Prince Olaf

alphabet adopted by Russians and other Slavic peoples from the Byzantines

• Phoenician

• Cyrillic

• Indus

central Asian raiders who conquered the kingdom of Kiev

• the Huns

• the Ostrogoths

• the Mongols