Byzantine Empire

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Who conquered the Byzantine Empire; captured Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it Istanbul?

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Ottoman Empire

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The Western Roman Empire finally fell when groups of which people invaded from northern Europe?

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Germanic

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This law code served as the basis for law for the next 900 years and was one of the most important legacies of the Byzantine Empire?

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Justinian Code

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Who moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium and renamed it Constantinople?

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Emperor Constantine

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the Cathedral of holy wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian. It was converted to a mosque.

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Hagia Sophia

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What is an Icon?

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Small religious paintings used to aid in devotion

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Which art work was mostly used in the Byzantine empire?

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mosaics

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What language was spoken in the Byzantine empire?

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Greek

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What religion did the Byzantine Empire use?

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Christian Orthodox

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Who was the head of the Roman Catholic (western) Church?

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Pope