10 A Flashcards
(53 cards)
The Byzantium traded what with Greeks Romans and North Africans
Grains,golds,ivory, and other goods
Who founded the Byzantium
Greek colonists
Who was the Roman Empire that decided to move the capital to another location
Constantine
Constantine’s city was more widely known as what
Constantinople
Who were the earliest leaders of the church
The apostles
The patriarchs live in the five most important crus what were they
Jerusalem,Alexandria,Rome,Antioch,and Constantinople
What was the decree that legalized Christianity and made persecution against Christians illegal
Edict of Milan
Name two challenged that early Christians had to face
False teachers and persecution
What is deity
The fact that Christ is God
What are the believers in church who defended the truth were called what
Orthodox
Constantine called the bishops of the church to a meeting called what
Council of Nicaea
What were the people called that fought for the purity and beliefs of the church
Doctrine
What was the name that the Romans gave to the nomadic poepel who did not adopt the roman culture or spoke Greek or Latin
Barbarians
Eventually the eastern Roman Empire became known as what
The Byzantine Empire
Who reigned over the Byzantine empire
Justinian 1
Sporting and social events took place in the what
Hippodrome
Who was Theodora
The Wife of Justinian 1
The beginning of the Byzantine empire can be traced back to what village?
Byzantium
Where was the Byzantium village located?
On a peninsula with water on both sides that served as protection.
What was a popular trading route for the Byzantium?
Bosporus Strait which lies btwn Europe and Asia Minor
What did merchants from India and China sell as they passed through the Byzantium?
Silk and spices
Who was the roman emperor that decided to move the capital to anther location
Constantine
What was “new rome” more commonly know as
Constantinople
The earliest leaders of the church that were directly chosen by Christ were called what
Apostles
