History Test

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Across
  1. 2. A part of the body of a Christian saint or an object related to his martyrdom turned into an object of worship
  2. 4. Insignia of supreme power; a crown a scepter, a sword, a globe with a cross, garments, a coat of arms, etc.
  3. 6. A privilege; a provisional land tenure given to an aristocrat by ruler in exchange of military service; after X C. it became hereditary
  4. 9. An emissary of a Church who preaches and spreads Christianity
  5. 10. A basic postulate in religion, considered an absolute and invariable truth without any need of proof
  6. 14. The Emperor who signed a peace treaty with Tsar Peter?
  7. 15. Name with a contemptuous tone used by ancient Greeks and later by Romans for foreigners who did not share their cultural values
  8. 16. The name of the pass where Nicephorus I lost his life
Down
  1. 1. Who was the Bulgarian khan who disposed of Byzantine “friends” in Pliska
  2. 3. A vow of singleness, a religious rule
  3. 5. Which country accepted the first mission of Cyril and Methodius spreading the new alphabet
  4. 7. Who made Serbia a Bulgarian province
  5. 8. Bulgarian ruler who destroyed the Avars
  6. 11. The first territory added to the Bulgarian Khanate
  7. 12. ruler who defeated the arabs at Constantinople
  8. 13. Deviation from doctrine adopted at Church Councils