Vocab 3

Justinian

• Byzantine Emperor who reformed the laws and ruled at the height of their power

• Byzantine Empress who led an active role in government, advising her husband on many important decisions and granted women more rights

• The split of Christianity into two parts, Roman Catholic in the West, and Greek Orthodox in the East

• People who settled Russia, Ukraine, and other Eastern European countries

Theodora

• Byzantine Empress who led an active role in

  government, advising her husband on many important

  decisions and granting women more rights.

• Byzantine Emperor who reformed the laws and

  ruled at the height of their power.

• Mongol leader who united the tribes and

  conquered a vast empire.

• Great Mongol leader who ruled at the height of

  their power.

Great Schism

• the split of Christianity into two parts, Roman

  Catholic in the West, and Greek Orthodox in the East.

• People who settled Russia, Ukraine, and other Eastern

  European countries.

• Writing system created by Byzantine monks for the

  Slavs to use.

• Russian Emperor. Stems from the word for a Roman

  leader.

Slavs

• People who settled Russia, Ukraine, and other Eastern

  European countries.

• nomadic people of the steppes gifted in warfare on

  horseback. Conquered the largest empire the world has ever

  seen.

• Russian Emperor. Stems from the word for a Roman

  leader.

• Mongol leader who united the tribes and

  conquered a vast empire.

Cyrillic

• Writing system created by Byzantine monks for the

  Slavs to use.

• Russian Emperor. Stems from the word for a Roman

  leader.

• the split of Christianity into two parts, Roman

  Catholic in the West, and Greek Orthodox in the East.

Czar

• Russian Emperor. Stems from the word for a Roman

  leader.

• nomadic people of the steppes gifted in warfare on

  horseback. Conquered the largest empire the world has ever

  seen.

• Mongol leader who united the tribes and

  conquered a vast empire.

• dry, treeless grassland that stretches across Central

  Asia.

Mongols

• nomadic people of the steppes gifted in warfare on

  horseback. Conquered the largest empire the world has ever

  seen.

• Mongol leader who united the tribes and

  conquered a vast empire.

• dry, treeless grassland that stretches across Central

  Asia.

• the successor to Muhammad, leader of the Muslim

  world.

Genghis Khan

• Mongol leader who united the tribes and

  conquered a vast empire.

• Russian Emperor. Stems from the word for a Roman

  leader.

• Great Mongol leader who ruled at the height of

  their power.

Steppe

• dry, treeless grassland that stretches across Central

  Asia.

• an islamic holy war.

• the holiest city of Islam where all Muslims are

  expected to visit.

• a group of merchants that travel together for safety

  in numbers.

Jihad

• a group of merchants that travel together for safety

  in numbers.

• an Islamic holy war

• the holiest city of Islam where all Muslims are

  expected to visit.