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WORLD HISTORY 10-11 TERMS

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Byzantine Empire
(500-1453) the eastern portion of the roman Empire which survived beyond the collapse of the roman empire with its capital at Constantinople; retained mediterranean culture, particularly Greek; later lost Palestine, Syria and Egypt to Islam.
Justinian
6th century Byzantine emperor; failed to reconqueror the western portions of the empire ; rebuilt Constantinople ;codified Roman law
Theodora
Empress theodora (981-1056), name sake of Justinian's powerful wife, rules jointly with her sister Zoe
Belisarius
(505-565) One of Justinians most important military commanders during period of re-conquest of western Europe ; commanded in north africa and italy
Icons
images of religious figures venerated by Byzantine Christians
Iconoclasm
the breaking of images; religious controversy of 8th century ;Byzantine emperor attempted but failed, to suppress icon veneration
Cyril and Methodius
Byzantine missionaries sent to convert eastern europe and the balkans; responsible for creating the Slavic written script called Cyrillic
Vladimir I
Ruler of Kiev (980-1054) ; converted kingdom to Orthodox Christianity
Russian Orthodoxy
Russian form of Christianity brought from the Byzantine Empire
Yaroslav
last of the great Kievan monarchs; issued legal codification based on formal codes developed in Byzantium
Boyars
Russian landholding acristocrats; possessed less politicial power than their western European counterparts
Tatars
Mongols who conquered russian cities;during the 13th century left Russian church and aristocracy intact
Constantinople
Capital of the Byzantine Empire; constructed on the site of byzantium,an old Greek city on the Bosporus
Orthodox Christian Church
eastern church which was created in 1053 after the schism from the western Roman Church ; its head is the patriarch of Constantinople
Constantine
312-337 Strong emperor toward the end of the roman Empire who tried with some success to reverse the tide of its ultimate fall. Constantine moved the capital away from Rome to Constanople and allowed freedom of woship for christians with the edict of Milan.
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