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Ap Study Guide CH9
Byzantine Empire
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History
10th Grade
11/13/2007

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Why is the Byzantine Empire seen as a direct Descendant of the Roman Empire?
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It is considered the political heir
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How long did the Byzantine Empire Last?
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950 years from 500 to 1450 C.E.
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The significance of the Byzantine Empire was...?
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It was one of the most powerful and long lasting empires in history.
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What was the most important "stepchild" of the Byzantine Civilization?
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Russia
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Describe the similarities between the spread of civilizations in Eastern and Western Europe.
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Both spread northward and gave way to Monotheism.

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Describe the similarities between the spread of civilization in Eastern and Western Europe.

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Produced different versions of Christianity
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The capital of the Byzantine Empire and its commercial center are located at...?
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Constantinople
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The emperor responsible for the initial construction of Constantinople was...?
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Emperor Constantine
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What was the difference in the military organization of Byzantine and western Roman Empires?
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It recruited armies from the middle east, not barbarian troops
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What was the great church built in Constantinople by Justinian?
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Hogia Sophia
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Starting with the rein of Justinian, what was the official language of the eastern empire?
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Latin
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The Byzantine Empire began in what year? By who?
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4th century C.E. by the Romans
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Who was the brillian genral who helped Justinian achieve military gains in North Africa and Italy?
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Belisarius
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The name normally given to the form of Christianity that emerged in the Byzantine Empire was...?

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Orthodox
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What Eastern emperor was responsible for the attempted restoration of a united Roman Empire after 533?

 

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Justinian
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What were Justinian's positive contributions to the Byzantine Empire?
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The reconstruction of Constantinople
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The former courtesan who was Justinian's wife and advisor was?

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Theodora
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The Slavic kigndom that particularly pressed Byzantine territory in the Balkans after the eighth century C.E. was?

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Bulgaria
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What were the outcomes of Justinian's wars of reconquest
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Attack from Persian and Slavic forces and loss of middle eastern territory
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After the Seventh century, what group posed the greatest threat to the eastern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire?
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Arab Muslim
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What was the technological innovation that aided the Byzantine Empire in withstanding the Mslim siege of Constantinople in 717?
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Greek Fire, a petrolleum quicklime and sulfur mixture.

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How did the conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslims affect the small farmers of the empire?
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It weakened them, due to heavier Taxes
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What overall conclusion might be drawn about the Byzantine Empire as the result of its conflicts with is neighbors?
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It was a great kingdom but due to overambitous leaders, it was weakened from it's highest point of power.
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Byzantine cultural life centered on the secular tradition of...?
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Hellenism
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What emperor became renowned in the eleventh century as the slayer of the Bulgars by defeating the Bulgarian Kingdom and restoring Byzantine rule in the Balkans?
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Basil II(A.K.A. Bulgaroktomos)
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In which ways were the Byzantine Bureaucracy and the Chinese bureaucracy similar?
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The Emperor was ordained to be a god.
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Where did the Byzantines get their military from? What rewards could they expect?
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Locally, Grants of Land.
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What city was the most important in the Byzantine Empire and why? How did this affect other cities? give one example
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Constantinople, large peasentry class caused a higher demand of food for Constantinople, which left other cities(such as Athens) to dwindle.
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What were the primary exports of the Byzanitne Empre?
Definition
Silk, Spice,Cloth, and Carpets.
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What power did the merchant class of the Byzantine have? Why?

Definition
Not significant. The elaborate network of government
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What were examples of Byzantine cultural life?
Definition
The destructon of a Saint's biography written by a peasent.
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The religious controversy over the use of religious images in worship that broke out in the eighth century was called?
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Iconoclasm
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What was the result of the conflict over the use of religious images in the Orthodox Church?
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The use of icons was restored gradually along with State Control over church affairs
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What were causes for the split between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox after 1054?
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A Church Patriarch who raised a host of old issues
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In the eleventh century, what group of people seized most of the asiatic provinces of the Byzantine Empire?
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Seljuks
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What was the outcome of the western crusade of 1204?
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The loss of Constantinople
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In what year did the ottoman turks successfully capture Constantinople and bring the Byzantine Empire to a close?
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1461
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What two missionaries were responsible for the creation of a written script for Slavic Language?
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Curil and Methodius
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The Slavic alphabet created by the Orthodox missionaries to the Slavs is called?
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Cyrillic
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Which country converted to Orthodox Christianity?

Which areas/countries were Roman Catholic?

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Europe

 Czech and Hungary

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The kingdom of Kiev in southern Russia was established by traders from what region?
Definition
Scandinavain
Term
The first king of Kievan Russia was...?
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Rurik
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Why did Vladimir I prefer Orthodox Christianity to Roman Catholicism?
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He feared he would come under the Papal's influence
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Which of the Kievan Princes issued a formal legal code?

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Taroslav
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What group of peoples were responsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia in 1236?
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The Mongols
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What affect did the tatar invasion of Russia have on Russian Christianity and Russian Aristocracy?

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They did not destroy Russian Christianity or Aristocracy
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