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11 Cards in this Set
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After the Roman Empire was divided, the eastern half became known as what?
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the Byzantine Empire
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What was the Byzantine capital?
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Constantinople
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The Roman Emporer ______ built Constantinople at a strategic place where Europe and Asia.
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Constantine
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_______ ruled the Byzantine Empire at its height.
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Justinian
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Who was Justinian's wife?
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Theodora
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What are religious images?
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icons
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Which emperor ordered that all icons be removed from the church?
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Leo III
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What are pictures made from tiny pieces of colored glass or flat stone set in plaster?
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mosaics
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What Italian trading city on the Adriatic Sea, agreed to help the Byzantines effort to regain the lands in return for trading privileges in Constantinople?
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Venice
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What is an immense plain?
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steppe
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What is another name for the “Tartars”?
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the Mongols
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