Byzantines and Russia

This was a set of Roman laws that we rewritten to be more compatible with Byzantine society.

• Hagia Sophia

• The Law of Twelve Tables

• Justinian Code

• mosaic

This group of people migrated from Asia and converted to Islam, causing conflict with Christian Byzantines.

• Seljuk Turks

• Ottoman Turks

• Mamluk Turks

• Slavs

This group of people eventually conquered the Byzantine Empire by besieging Constantinople, ultimately changing the city's name to Istanbul.

• Seljuk Turks

• Ottoman Turks

• Mamluk Turks

• Slavs

This genre of artwork involves piecing together tiny pebbles and glass to form a larger image.

• Icons

• Frescoes

• Mosaics

• Murals

Justinian commissioned the building of this cathedral whose name means, "Holy Wisdom".

• New Rome

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Hagia Sophia

• The Hippodrome

Who was the first Russian Grand Prince to convert to Christianity?

• Rurik

• Vladimir I

• Yaroslav the Wise

• Ivan the Terrible

The word Russian came from the Varangian word, "Rus", meaning what?

• Hikers

• Travellers

• Sledders

• Rowers

The Eastern Orthodox Church split from the Roman Catholic Church following what event?

• The Pope excommunicated the Byzantine Patriarch

• The Fourth Crusade when the Venetians attacked Constantinople

• The Nika Revolt

• The building of the Hagia Sophia

The largest ethnic population in Eastern Europe that makes up countries such as Russia.

• Varangians

• Greeks

• Slavs

• Bulgars

The leading centers of early Russian civilization were in Novgorod and Kiev unified by the Varangian leader....

• Justinian

• Basil II

• Yaroslav the Wise

• Rurik