Byzantine Empire

He created a new capital city in the eastern half f the Roman Empire.

• Justinian

• Constantine

• Theodosius

• Diocletian

The city of Byzantium became the city called

• Rome.

• Athens.

• Constantinople.

• persepolis.

Constantinople's location made it

• an important military base.

• an international marketplace.

• center of scientific research.

• the cneter of the Catholic Church.

One of the areas reconquered by Justinian was ______________, whic included the city of Carthage.

• northern Africa

• northern Spain

• eastern Europe

• Anatolia

Justinian's wife, Theodora, was a former __________ who became his closest __________.

• slave, friend

• actress, advisor

• merchant, aide

• laundress, confidant

One of Justinian's biggest accomplishments as building the church called the ______________.

• Parthenon

• Acrpolis

• Hagia Sophia

• Hippodome

An icon is

• a stained glass window.

• a statue of Jesus.

• a painting of a holy figure,

• an illustrated page in the Bible.

_______________ was a collection nd revision of all the laws of ancient Rome.

• Hammurabi's Code

• the Twelve Tables

• Justinian's Code

• The Law of Nations

____________ becam the official language of the Byzantine Empire.

• Latin

• English

• Phoenician

• Greek

The split between the churches of the east and the west is called

• the Christian Divide

• the Great Schism

• the Iconic Split

• the Reformation