Across
- 3. event that split the main faction of Christianity into two divisions: Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox
- 4. a vast stretch of grassland running from Eastern Europe over the top of central Asia and China into Mongolia
- 5. capital of the Byzantine Empire; originally known as Byzantium, but was renamed by Emperor Constantine
- 10. pictures or patterns produced by arranging together small colored pieces of hard material, such as stone, tile, or glass (Byzantine art)
- 11. legal code created by Emperor Justinian that served as the basis of Byzantine law
- 12. an alphabet derived from Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages; created by St. Cyril and St. Methodius to make a bible for Slavic people to read
Down
- 1. the form of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire whose followers worship God alone
- 2. a title that roughly corresponds to emperor and is associated primarily with rulers of Russia
- 6. the highest-ranking bishop in an orthodoxy or church
- 7. Christian Eastern Orthodox church built by Justinian in Constantinople; later becomes a mosque when the city is take by Muslims
- 8. paintings of Jesus Christ or other holy figures, typically in a traditional style on wood, venerated and used as an aid to devotion in the Byzantine and other Eastern Churches
- 9. a body of Mongols that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century and dominated Russia until 1486