Byzantine Empire General

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