Byzantine Empire and the Middle East

The Byzantine Empire is what we call...

• The Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West

• The Western Roman Empire after the fall of the East

• The Roman Empire after Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomons

• The Holy Roman Empire after the fall of the West

Often considered the greatest ruler of the Byzantine Empire - codified the laws and tried to rebuild the old Roman Empire

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The wife of Emperor Justinian - is often credited with saving the empire and being an "equal" to Justinian.

• Theodora

• Hatshepsut

• Cleopatra

• Wu

Constantinople became a very wealthy, very powerful city in the Roman Empire because...

• It hated Christianity

• It was at the center of many trade routes

• It owned and operated banks and controlled the money

• It built massive armies with the local metals and goods they had

Monotheistic religions started in the Middle East.

• Christianity

• Islam

• Judaism

• Shinto

• Hindu

What significant architectural achievement is considered one of the greatest monuments of the Byzantine Empire?

• The Colosseum

• The Parthenon

• Hagia Sophia

• The Great Wall of China

Which of the following was a major contribution of the Byzantine Empire to global history?

• The development of democracy

• The preservation and transmission of classical knowledge

• The invention of the steam engine

• The discovery of the Americas

Monotheistic

• The belief in a single all-powerful god.
• The principle that all people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities.
  
• A type of lifestyle with no or irregular physical activity.
  
• The worship of or belief in multiple deities usually assembled into a pantheon of gods and goddesses, along with their own religions and rituals.
  

Byzantine Empire

• This was the name of the eastern empire

• This was the name of the western empire.

Byzantine art is well known for its use of which of the following?

• Cubism

• Mosaics

• Surrealism

• Oil painting