Byzantine Crossword

3. event that split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions: Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
4. a vast stretch of grassland running from Eastern Europe over the top of central Asia and China into Mongolia
5. capital of the Byzantine Empire; originally known as Byzantium, but was renamed by Emperor Constantine
10. pictures or patterns produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass (Byzantine art)
11. legal code created by Emperor Justinian that served as the basis of Byzantine law
12. an alphabet derived from Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages; created by St. Cyril and St. Methodius to make a bible for Slavic people to read

1. the form of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire whose followers worship God alone
2. a title that roughly corresponds to emperor and is associated primarily with rulers of Russia
6. the highest-ranking bishop in an orthodoxy or church
7. Christian Eastern Orthodox church built by Justinian in Constantinople; later becomes a mosque when the city is take by Muslims
8. paintings of Jesus Christ or other holy figures, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches
9. a body of Mongols that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century and dominated Russia until 1486