Byzantine Empire Vocabulary

separation or division

• monastery

• icon

• schism

• saints

The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine

• Byzantine Empire

• Constantinople

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Holy Roman Empire

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

• Byzantine Empire

• Constantinople

• Eastern Orthodox Church

• Holy Roman Empire

Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code

• Constantine

• Justinian

• Diocletian

• Theodora

Language spoken in Byzantine Empire

• at the end of the Roman Empire, the Romans bought more than they produced, which added another reason for their collapse

• Byzantine legal code; foundation for justice systems around the world today

• series of trade routes between Asia and Europe and run through Constantinople; allowed for political, cultural, religious and economic interactions

• mostly Greek (some Latin)

Justinian was the ruler of the —

• Egyptian Empire

• Carthaginian Empire

• Byzantine Empire

• Persian Empire

Who was known as Justinian the Great?

• The founder of Islam

• An Ottoman Sultan

• The Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565 CE

• The author of the Qur'an

The Eastern part of the Roman Empire was also called the

• Feudal society

• Byzantine Empire

• Western Empire

• Lords Empire

As Roman influence faded in the Eastern Empire, which language became dominant?

• Latin

• Phoenician

• Greek

• Coptic

Byzantium

• Ancient Greek city; renamed Constantinople and would be the capital city of the Byzantine Empire

• The Eastern Roman Empire, which survived after fall of Western Roman Empire; capital city was Constantinople

• Warlike people who migrated from Asia into territory controlled by Germanic tribes, forcing them to move into areas controlled by Rome