Byzantine/Russia Vocab

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  1. 3. the formal, permanent division between the Latin Roman Catholic Church and the Greek Eastern Orthodox Church
  2. 4. large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.
  3. 5. place which is located in modern-day Istanbul, Turkey
  4. 10. picture or pattern produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass.
  5. 11. a foundational 6th-century (529–565 CE) compilation of Roman law ordered by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I to streamline centuries of disorganized laws
  6. 12. is a writing system developed in the 9th century AD for Slavic-speaking Eastern Orthodox Christians, based on Greek script with additional letters.
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  1. 1. is a branch of Eastern Orthodox Christianity that traces its roots to the Apostles and the Byzantine Empire, using Greek in its liturgies
  2. 2. an emperor of Russia before 1917
  3. 6. the male head of a family or tribe
  4. 7. a 1,500-year-old architectural masterpiece originally built as a Byzantine cathedral (537 AD) and converted into a mosque in 2020, now functioning as a functioning mosque that welcomes tourists.
  5. 8. a painting of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches.
  6. 9. a powerful 13th-15th century Mongol-Turkic khanate, established by Batu Khan (grandson of Genghis) in the northwestern sector of the Mongol Empire.