Early Middle Ages Vocabulary Pre-test

emphasis was placed on saving the soul and daily survival while advances in society were at a stand still

• Renaissance

• Scientific Revolution

• Enlightment

• Dark Ages

first period of the middle ages, 476CE - 1000CE

• Pax Romana

• Early Middle Ages

• High Middle Ages

• Late Middle Ages

(330-1453) Eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire

• Egyptian Empire

• Greek Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Persian Empire

capital of the Byzantine Empire; founded by Roman Emperor Constantine

• Constantinople

• Rome

• Cairo

• Athens

Byzantine emperor from 527 to 565; he reunited the parts of the Roman empire, simplified Roman laws with Justinian's Code, and ordered Hagia Sophia built

• Constantine

• Theodosius

• Justinian I

• Augustus Romulus

new and modified Laws of the Byzantine Empire based on the Twelve Tables of Roman law

• Twelve Tables

• Justinian's Code

• Constitution

• Hammurabi's Code

wife of Justinian, she helped to improve the status of women in the Byzantine Empire and encouraged Justinian to stay in Constantinople and fight the Nika Riots

• Constantina

• Justina

• Augustina

• Theodora

Christian followers in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire); split from Roman Catholic Church and shaped life in eastern Europe and western Asia

• Roman Catholic Church

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Protestant Church

• Western Orthodox Church

took place over the course of a week in Constantinople in 532; most violent riot that Constantinople had ever seen, with nearly half the city burned or destroyed and tens of thousands of people killed; was started by the Blues and Greens during public games and almost cost Justinian his throne

• Nika Riots

• Conflict of the Orders

• Colonial Rebellion

• Persian Revolt

most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world, first served as a Christian church and later became an Islamic mosque, has also been a museum

• Colosseum

• Parthenon

• Pantheon

• Hagia Sophia