Byzantine Empire (General)

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  1. 1. was the wife of Justinian and was his most trusted advisor. Pioneered efforts for women's rights
  2. 5. Theodora's former occupation
  3. 7. holy image of Christ, the virgin Mary, or a saint venerated in the Eastern Orthodox Church
  4. 8. born a peasant, adopted by his uncle and became Byzantine Emperor from 527 to 565
  5. 10. series of wars in which European Christians tried to take the Holy Land from the Muslims
  6. 11. the official split between the Roman Catholic Church and Byzantine churches that occurred in 1054
  7. 13. person appointed by the Byzantine emperor to oversee the church
  8. 15. collection of Roman laws organized by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian
  9. 16. public arena where the Byzantine Empire held chariot races
  10. 17. one of the cultures that was kept alive in the Byzantine Empire; also language spoken
  11. 18. Jerusalem and other places where Christians believe Jesus had lived and preached
  12. 20. weapon used to defeat the Byzantine Empire
  13. 21. church of Christians in Eastern Europe
Down
  1. 2. when a person is kicked out of the Catholic Church
  2. 3. capital of the Ottoman Empire, formerly called Constantinople
  3. 4. Turkish-speaking people who caused fear in the Byzantine Empire, refused Christians access to the Holy Lands and led to the Crusades
  4. 6. emperor that moved Roman capital to Byzantium
  5. 9. the capital of the Byzantine Empire
  6. 12. the number of the Crusade where Venetian traders sacked Constantinople
  7. 14. chariot racing teams
  8. 16. Byzantine church rebuilt by Justinian after the Nika Riots
  9. 19. Turkish-speaking nomadic people that conquered the Byzantine Empire