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What was the capital of the Byzantine
Empire?
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Constantinopal
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Who created the BE's first set of laws and
what were they called?
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Justinian, Justinian Code
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What was Justinians wife named and what was she known for?
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Theaora, wasn't in the upper class when she married and she influenced the empire greatly
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Who crushed tthe Nika Revolt, and gained Roman Empire lands back from the Germans?
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Belisarius
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What is Greek Fire?
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Chemical spray that caused enemy ships to catch fire
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Name the vocabulary word: suspicious of any pictures of Christ and people who used the pictures were prosecuted
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Iconoclasts
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Name the vocabulary word: people who defended pictures of Christ as a part of church life
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Iconophiles
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Who took over the city of Novgorod?
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Rurik who was a Russian leader
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What was the capital of Kievan Russia?
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Kiev
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Who developed the Russians first lawcode?
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Yaaroslav 1 (the great)
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Name which church: No married pristes; veneration accepted; pope was extreme author' accepted the view that the holy spirit was both the father and son
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Roman Catholic
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Name which church" married pristes; veneration rejected; rejected supremacy of the roman people over the pope; maintained supremacy of the father in the trinity
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Eastern Orthodox
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Who developed the Cyrillic alphabet?
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Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril
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What was the most important commerrcial centers in europe?
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Byzantium
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What is a veche and why is it important?
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Town meeting, disscussed important matters
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