Byzantine & Mongol Empires

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1.

Justinian Code

Set of laws for the Byzantine Empire

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2.

What was life

under the Mongols
like?

Required absolute obedience; allowed to

keep religion; required to pay a tax
(tribute)

What
happened in
1054?

The Great Schism; Emperor Leo II banned the

use of icons causing a schism (split) in the
Christian church

21.

Ivan III

3.

Schism

a split or division

Russian leader; Refused to pay Mongol tribute;

freed Russia from the Mongols

4.

Which Mongol
leader did not
practice military
conquest?

Kublai Khan

22.

What led to
Rome's
decline?

Unstable rulers, invasions, weak economy

23.

Silk Road

What was the

name for the
Eastern Roman
Empire?

Byzantine Empire

Important trade route from Eastern Europe to

China

24.

Pope

Head of the Roman Catholic Church

25.

Patriarch

Appointed by the Emperor to be the head of the

Eastern Orthodox Church

6.

What were icons?

Religious symbols or pictures

26.

7.

Kiev

Russian city that was influenced by the

Byzantine Empire (traded with
Constantinople)

Eastern
Orthodox
Church

Services held in Greek or local language;

Banned the use of Icons

27.

Marco Polo

Italian trader who traveled to China and

wrote a book documenting his travels

Roman
Catholic
Church

Services held in Latin; Used icons in worship

8.

9.

Why did Diocletian

divide the Roman
Empire?

To make it easier to rule; it was too large

for one person to rule

10.

What was the title

for a Russian
ruler?

Czar/Tsar

11.

Constantine

Roman Emperor; Saw a cross in the sky,

believed it was a sign from God that he
would win the battle; Converted to
Christianity

12.

Theodora

Emperor Justinian's wife; Ruled

alongside Justinian; fought for women's
rights

13.

Which Byzantine
city was the center
for trade and
religion?

Constantinople

14.

Justinian

Byzantine Emperor; Built the Hagia

Sophia; Created a code of law (Justinian
Code)

15.

Vladimir

Ordered the people of Kiev to convert

and join the Eastern Orthodox Church

16.

Ottoman Turks

Took over Constantinople; Caused the

Byzantine Empire to fall

17.

Hagia Sophia

Christian church; Built by Emperor

Justinian; Greatest example of
Byzantine architecture

18.

What did you have

to give the
Mongols?

a tribute (tax)

19.

How did Russia

gain liberation
from the Mongols?

Ivan III refused to pay tribute; armies

refused to fight; both sides went home

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