Byzantine Empire

the name for the eastern Roman Empire, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia; it lasted from about 500 to 1453 C.E.

• Holy Roman Empire
• Ottoman Empire
• Roman Republic
• Byzantine Empire

the city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.

• Athens
• Rome
• Constantinople
• Carthage

clearly different

• identical
• similar
• uniform
• distinct

a Christian religion that developed out of early Christianity in the Byzantine Empire

• Roman Catholicism
• Eastern Orthodox

• Protestantism
• Gnosticism

to appear or arise; to move from a low position to a higher one

• decline
• sink
• emerged

• fall

in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the bishop of an important city

• archbishop
• deacon
• priest
• patriarchy

a violent action in opposition to a government or law

• Civil Disobedience
• Rebellion
• Protest
• Insurrection

Strengthened or protected against attack

• fortified
• vulnerable
• exposed
• weakened

A place where two or more roads meet

• Stop Sign

• traffic circle
• junction box
• crossroad

Growing or developing successfully

• Flourishing
• Declining
• Stagnating
• Dwindling