The Byzantine Empire

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  1. 5. This important figure in Eastern Christianity wrote about rules for appropriate behavior for Christian monks.
  2. 6. Originally a threat to Byzantine security in the north of the empire, these people were eventually converted to Christianity.
  3. 7. The name of reorganized military districts in the Byzantine Empire.
  4. 10. This occurred in 1054 when the heads of the Christian Churches of both the East and the West cast each other out.
  5. 15. Justinian's best general. He experienced much military success against invading Germanic tribes.
  6. 16. Rebuilt by Justinian after its destruction in 532, this church became known as the most beautiful Christian church in the world. It is currently a mosque.
  7. 18. The highest administrative officials in the Christian church. The Pope is the ... of Rome.
  8. 20. This was first invented to allow Slavic peoples to read the Bible, but is still used for the written form of many Slavic languages, including Russian.
  9. 23. This famous collection of laws was established by Justinian and codified diverse aspects of life in the Byzantine Empire.
  10. 24. The main street running through the Byzantine capital.
  11. 25. The name for the official head of the Western (Roman Catholic) Church.
  12. 26. These religious images used by Eastern Christians to aid their devotions were sometimes considered to be idol worship, which the Bible forbids.
  13. 27. This revolt began as a dispute between Byzantine sports fans and ended with the deaths of roughly 30,000 people.
  14. 28. The official name for the act of casting someone out of the Christian Church.
  15. 29. A famous Eastern missionary who, along with Saint Methodius, Christianized Slavic peoples and created a written form of their languages so that they could read the Bible.
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  1. 1. This language became increasingly less frequently spoken in the East.
  2. 2. This was the originally name of the Greek settlement that Constantine made the new capital of the Roman Empire in the East.
  3. 3. This Germanic people had captured Rome when a Byzantine general took it back from them in 535.
  4. 4. The most famous emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. He ruled from 527 until his death in 565.
  5. 8. The new name for the capital of the Roman Empire after it was moved by Constantine in 330 AD.
  6. 9. The name for the official head of the Eastern Church.
  7. 10. The primary language spoken in the Byzantine Empire.
  8. 11. Byzantine empress and wife of Justinian. She proved herself to be very capable and determined diplomatic, political, and religious matters in the Byzantine Empire.
  9. 12. Byzantine emperors often lived in constant fear of this.
  10. 13. This Byzantine emperor attempted to reform the empire by organizing it in a military fashion.
  11. 14. This crisis was the result of a terrible infectious illness that spread toward the end of Justinian's time as emperor.
  12. 17. This was the name of a famous stadium where one could see chariot races and other acts.
  13. 19. A powerful threat to the east of the Byzantine Empire.
  14. 21. The previous profession of Justinian's wife.
  15. 22. This people captured the city of Constantinople in 1453, marking the end of the Roman Empire in both the East and the West, but also according to some historians, the end of the Middle Ages.