Constantinople
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City of _____________________, rebuilt
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easily _____________________
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Capital of _________________________,
Empire (Eastern Roman Empire)
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good _____________________
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trade _____________________
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Excellent _____________________
Justinian
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Byzantine _______________________ from _______________
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Wanted to revive the _______________of Rome
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Conquered former _____________________territories (from Germanic tribes)
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Held _______________power over _______________& _______________!
Justinian’s Code
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Body of _______________& reference guide
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Huge influence on _____________________ law
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4 parts:
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________________________: 5,000 Roman laws still useful
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________________________ _of Laws: collected, revised, & organized all of Rome’s laws
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________________________: Summaries from Rome’s greatest thinkers on law
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________________________: textbook for law students
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________________________ (New Law): legislations made after 534 C.E.
Empress Theodora
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____________________ of Emperor Justinian
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Raised in poverty and became an ____________________
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Most powerful ____________________ in Byzantine history
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Met with foreign ____________________ & leaders, passed laws
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Protected ____________________________
A New Golden Age
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Heavily ____________________ the capitol Constantinople
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____________________ Works
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_________________, Baths, Courts, Schools, _________________
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The ____________________: with its onion dome, most splendid church in all of the Christian
world.
The Great Schism
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Differences emerged in the Christian Church regarding:
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the church ______________
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____________________
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____________________
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____________________of priests
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The use of _______________
The Great ________________ – permanent split – occurred in 1054
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____________________ Orthodox Church
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____________________ Catholic Church
Religious Icons
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Religious ____________________used by Christians for devotion
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Thought to connect believer to ___________in the icon
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Those in the _________ supported icons but the ________ banned idol worship in the ________
Byzantine Decline
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A gradual ______________began around 600 and would last the next 600 years
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____________________invasions from the North
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Arab ____________________invasions from the South
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The ____________________to retake the Holy Lands
The Empire Falls
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________________________was first sacked during the 4th Crusade in 1204
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The Ottoman Empire, led by 21-year-old ______________________siege the city in 1453
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After _________________, the Ottomans finally take the city
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City is renamed __________________and changes culturally to a Muslim/Arab city
Byzantine Heritage
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Greek & Roman ____________________preserved
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____________________language
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____________________
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____________________
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____________________fleeing the city help start the Renaissance in Italy