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23 Cards in this Set
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What did the Eastern Roman Empire include?
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Asia Minor, Greece, the northern Balkan Peninsula, Syria, Palestine, Egypt, and Cyrenaica
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While teh west was falling how was the east doing?
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thriving and flourishing
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Justinian
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Emperor, 527-565, reign marked splendid periods in history of empire, amrried theodora
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Theodora
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most extrodinary empress, Justinians wife,early years in circus, actress in early teens, married Justinian in 525, encouraged husband to change laws for the betterment of women, saved husband from Nika Revolt
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Belisarius
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commander and chief of army, member of justinians body guards, mostly commander on eastern front, wife was friends with Theodora, lead defense in Nika Revolt
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Who was Belisarius' wife? Importance?
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Antonina, and she was friends with Theodora which was one of 2 major reasons he got his job
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What were laws for women that Justinian made?
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1.couldn't beat your wife and a wife could sue for divorce if she was mistreated
2.women could own property 3. repealed law saying widows had to give up children |
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How was the empire after Justinians death?
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suffering and declining
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Who settled in old troop areas and brought a new powerful force after Justinians death?
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Lombards
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What did the Muslims conquer?
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Armenia, Syria, Palestine, much of North Africa-Egypt
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What allowed the Byzantine Empire to survive over 1,000 years after Justinian's death?
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political, military, and economic strengths
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What kind of government did they have?
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they had an all powerful emperor with loyal officals who backed him up, they also believed in a shrewd diplomacy
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What were soliders rewarded with?
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land grants
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Greek Fire
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a flammable liquid used by navy ships to light others on fire- secret weapon
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Constantinople economic importance
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great for trade because of its location- everyone goes through it to trade with others
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Who were religious leaders?
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They didn't follow the Roman Catholic pope but instead followed their own patriarch
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Whats the importance with icons?
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There were many debates about religious icons becasue iconoclasts were against the worship of icons while others were for it.
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Iconoclastic Controversy
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the problem of icons was big for centuries and finally icons were outlawed but many worshipped them anyway, so eventually the effort in getting rid of them stopped
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heresy
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icon issue- because it was an opinion that conflicted with the church- iconoclasts were threatened with excommunication from the church
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Eastern Orthodox Church
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the eastern roman empire church
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What was art devoted to?
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art was devoted to religion and used many mosaics to create icons
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How did artists depict their subjects
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they didn't make their goal to imitate physical reality. tehy made images appear stiff or artifical
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Hagia Sophia
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a church in Constantinople that is one of the greatest masterpieces ordered to be created by Justinian
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