history ch 6 test Flashcards
(46 cards)
the last city of the byzantine empire was
constantinople
the fall of constantinople was in
1453
what was the edict of milan
legalized christianity
the fall of w rome was in
476
what did Constantine and Greeks call new rome and what is it called today
constantine-constantinople
greeks- byzantine
today- istanbul
Constantine ____________________ on his death bed
converted to christianity
the fall of constantinople caused Columbus to
sail west to India/china
justinian preserved
roman law (justinians code)
justinian built the hagia Sophia. it is a ___________and means __________
mask; holy wisdom
who was justinians wife
Theodora; helped him end Nika (“conqueror”) revolt
icons were
paintings of christ
(icons vs iconoclasts, riots)
basil II was a
bulgar slayer
-military success against muslims
crushed Bulgars in balkan region
Greek fire was
an early flame flower used against ottomans
byzantine contributions include
-mosaics
-classic heritage of Greek/rome
-gov’t system
-cyril and Methodius take gospel to slavics
-cyrillic alphabet
excommunication
depriving someone of sacraments and fellowship of church
what was capital of early russia
kiev
-trade w/ byzantine
-city for 300 years
-“rus”- rowers
_________ people are the largest ethnic group in early russia
slavic
Varangians are
-vikings who took control of russia
-demanded tribute/slaves (slav-slave)
_____ was a Varangians warrior
rurik
the start of russia was in ___
862 ad
who established orthodox Christianity as a state religion
Vladimir I
tzar turned into
caesar
yaroslav
last Viking king and built Sophia kiev
Kiev is the
mother of Russian cities
