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- 5. alphabet A writing system used in many Slavic languages.
- 6. Schism The split between the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches in 1054.
- 7. Pictures made from small pieces of stone or glass.
- 9. Horde A Mongol empire that controlled parts of Russia.
- 10. Large, flat, treeless plains, mainly in Asia and Eastern Europe.
- 11. Orthodox A branch of Christianity in Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
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- 1. Code A set of laws created by Emperor Justinian.
- 2. Sophia A famous church in Constantinople, later a mosque, now a museum.
- 3. (czar) The title for Russian emperors.
- 4. A high-ranking bishop in Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
- 5. The capital of the Byzantine Empire, now called Istanbul.
- 8. Religious pictures or images in Christianity.
