LC #6: Crossword

4. The former emperor of Russia OR any person exercising great authority or power in a particular field.
5. A port in northwestern Turkey, on both sides of the Bosporus, built by Constantine I and was made the capital of the Byzantine Empire.
7. The body of roman law that was codified under the rule of Emperor Justinian I
9. It was the largest cathedral in all of Christendom, and was the center of religious, political, and artistic life for the Byzantine Empire.
11. The Christian church comprising of local and national eastern churches that are in communion with the patriarch of Constantinople; Byzantine Church
12. A painting or representation of Jesus Christ or another holy figure, typically in a traditional style on wood used in prayer or devotion in the Byzantine and Eastern Churches.

1. The army of Mongols that overran Eastern Europe in the 13th century and maintained power there until the 15th century.
2. The alphabet used for writing the Russian language and several related languages. Most of its letters differ from those in the Latin alphabet.
3. A picture or decoration made of small, usually colored pieces of inlaid stone, glass, etc.
6. A period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, over papal succession, during which there were 2 or three claimants to the papal office.
8. Any of the very early Biblical personages regarded as the fathers of the human race, comprising those from Adam to Noah. OR the leader of a tribe or household.
10. The vast grasslands stretching from Asia to Eastern Europe are bordered on the north by European and Asian Russia and Siberia. OR An extensive plain, especially one without trees.