Across
- 4. code- Roman laws of a Roman emperor that served as a model for the Catholic Church and medieval monarchs
- 6. capital of medieval Russia
- 8. Slavic alphabet used today, but modified
- 9. Horde- mongol armies that invaded Europe and occupied Russia for 200+ years
- 13. capital of the eastern Roman Empire, now called Istanbul
- 14. schism- official split between Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches in 1054
Down
- 1. assembly or legislature
- 2. in the Roman and Byzantine empires, the highest church official in a major city
- 3. ruler of the Russian empires title
- 5. holy image of Christ, Mary or a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church
- 7. group- large group of people who share the same language and culture
- 10. ruler who has complete authority
- 11. Peninsula- triangular arm of land in the Mediterranean from southeastern Europe
- 12. sparse, dry, treeless grassland