During the rule of Emperor Justinian, the Corpus juris civilis was important because it

The Emperor Constantine is significant because

The result of Justinian's attempt to reunite the old Roman Empire was

To help legitimize his rule, Tsar Ivan III claimed that Russia was the "Third Rome." Historically, this claim was reasonable because

In taking the Orthodox faith into early Russia in the 800s CE, Byzantine missionaries Cyril and Methodius also

Constantinople's trade with Russia resulted in Byzantine influence in the areas of religion and

During the 10th Century the kingdom of Kiev (also known as Kievan Rus') controlled the trade routes for furs, wax, and slaves between Scandinavia and WHICH empire?

Aside from theological and political disputes, another main contributing factor in the schism of the Eastern and Western churches was the problem of

At the time of the Great East-West Schism, both the Pope and the Patriarch of Constantinople claimed the title Ecumenical Patriarch. The BEST synonym for ecumenical is

The event that BEST defines the Great Schism between the East and West Christian churches in Europe in 1054 was the

One important factor in the gradual drifting apart of the Western (Catholic) and Eastern (Orthodox) Churches during the period 600 AD - 1000 AD was the fact that

"The Turks had with them thousands of ladders which they placed against the walls, right at the place which they had fired [their cannon] and breached the wall, just as they did at the cemetery of St Sebold..Afterwards, the Turks ran to the Hagia Sophia, and all those whom they had imprisoned there, they killed in the first heat of rage. Those whom they found later, the bound with a cord around their neck and their hands tied behind their backs and led them out of the city."

- from "The Account of the Taking of Constantinople," by Thomas the Eparch, a count of Constantinople, and Joshua Diplovatatzes, 1453

Which empire that was conquered in 1453 is being described in the excerpt?

"From here [Egypt] it spread to the entirety of the world, always moving along and advancing at set intervals. For it seemed to move as if by prearranged plan: it would linger for a set time in each place, just enough to make sure that no person could brush it off as a slight matter, and from there it would disperse in different directions as far as the ends of the inhabited world, almost as if it feared that any hidden corner of the earth might escape it.... This disease always spread out from the coasts and worked its way up into the interior.

- Procopius describing the Plague of Justinian that occurred from 541-542 C.E. (excerpt from the History of the Wars)

What impact did the plague described in the passage have on Byzantine society?

"I repeat that everything pertaining to this city is on so vast a scale..that it is not easy even to put it in writing..In this part are the ten principal markets, though besides these there are a vast number of others in the different parts of town..Toward the market squares are built great houses of stone, in which the merchants from India and other foreign parts store their wares, to be handy for the markets. In each of the squares is held a market three days in the week, frequented by 40,000 or 50,000 persons, who bring thither for sale every possible necessary of life."

- “The Travels of Marco Polo,” 1299. His account of Kinsay (Hangzhou)

Which of these BEST describes the Mongol "Yam"?

Why did Marco Polo state that it is not easy for him to describe Hangzhou in writing?

Which would be MOST responsible for the transfer of Islamic science, extension of credit, and Chinese printing methods that took place in the 13th and 14th centuries?