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12 Cards in this Set
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Byzantine |
word used by historians to describe the eastern Roman empire after the fall of the western Roman empire |
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Creed |
statement of beliefs |
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Cryllic Alphabet |
alphabet used mostly for slavic languages such as Russian and Bulgarian, as well as for other languages |
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Great Schism |
split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches in 1054 |
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Greek Fire |
a chemical mixture that burned in water which was used by the Byzantine empire against enemy ships |
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Icon |
a holy image, usually a portrait of Jesus or a saint |
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Iconoclast |
"Image-breaker", person who opposed the use of icons in Christian worhsip |
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Justinian's Code |
a law published by the Byzantine emperor Justinian |
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Missionary |
someone who tries to convert others to a particular religion |
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Moat |
trench filled with water as part of a fortification |
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Pope |
leader of the Roman Catholic Church |
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Strait |
narrow body of water that cuts through land, connecting two larger bodies of water |
