WHAP Chapter 9
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine empire |
| The byzantine empire was... | a political heir to Rome |
| The step-child of the Byzantine Empire... | Russia |
| Justinian | Autocratic ruler of Byzantine (came in 553), had high hopes for westward expansion. Was influenced by wife Theodora. |
| Good things that Justinian did... | 1. rebuilt constantinople 2. systemized the Roman legal code -reduced confusion and united the empire 3. The Hagia Sophia (church) 4. With the aid of Belisarius, he made new gains in North Africa and Italy |
| Greek fire | byzantine creation, made of: petroleum, quicklime, and sulfur....devastated Arab ships |
| Economic burdens on the empire | -taxation -invasion -weakened famers positions -made the aristocracy stronger * main focus became on army/navy |
| Tsar | Slavic version of the word Caesar |
| Basil II | -byzantinian emperor known as the "slayer of Bulgarians" -used the empires wealth to bribe the Bulgarian nobles -defeated the Bulgarians in 1014 |
| Empress Theodora | -named after Justinian's wife -shared the title of empress with her sister Zoe -checked unruly nobles -limited bureaucratic corruption -severeness towards personal enemies brought criticism |
| Things that made China/Byzantine alike... | -aristocrats -educated bureaucrats -provincial governors to keep tabs on military officials |
| iconoclasm | attack against idol worshipping "breaking of images" in the end, state reigned over church, but the icons remained |
| 864 | the year that the byzantine government sent Cyril & Methodius to convert peopple north to Orthodox christianity. |
| the two missionaries that created the Cyrillic language/alphabet | Methodius & Cyrill |
| Language of roman catholicism | Latin |
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