Across
- 4. the panel created this single, uniform code
- 7. created Cyrillic alphabet
- 8. handwritten books
- 10. declare to be an outcast of the church
- 12. ancient trade route between china and med. sea
- 13. extensive plain without trees
- 16. Russian version of caesar
- 17. abstaining from sexual relations
- 18. people from the forests north of the Black sea
- 19. had a 43 year reign
- 20. leading bishop of the east
Down
- 1. Vladimir's son
- 2. succeeded his uncle to the throne of the eastern empire
- 3. came to throne about 980
- 5. many slavic languages write using this
- 6. largest city and former capital of turkey
- 9. eastern christian church headed by a patriarch
- 11. styles of painting, design, and architecture
- 14. means "holy wisdom" in Greek
- 15. religious images to aid devotions