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Byzantine Empire

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A high-ranking Byzantine nobleman who took the throne of the Eastern Empire in 527 was ____
After the natural disaster of an ____,Theodosius ordered his walls built bigger and stronger, with three different walls and a moat.
Religious images used by eastern Christians in their devotions were called _____
The crowning religious glory of the building program under Justinian was called the _____
An illness called the ____ hit Constantinople in the later years of Justinian's rule; this disease killed thousands of people.
When a pope casts an official out of the church it is called ____
The Hagia Sophia had beautiful walls and columns made of polished ____
Saint Methodious and Saint Cyril created the ____ alphabet for the Slavic languages.
The original Church of the Apostles was shaped like a ____ to show its dedication to the religion of Christianity.
Constantinople held its chariot races in this arena.
Another name for the bishop, Saint John Chrysostom, of Constantinople was ___
Empress ____ began her life in the lower classes, but she proved her value in supporting and assisting her husband through several tough times.
The inside of the Hagia Sophia is decorated with frescoe paintings and detailed ____ made from tiny pieces of colored tile and glass.
Justinian had many ____ built to help transport water from the mountains into the city where most of the population lived.
Monastery _____ were built in the volcanic rocks when the Christians hid from the Turks within underground tunnels in the mountains.
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Known as the "Middle Way", the ____ in Constantinople included merchants selling delicacies and performing street musicians.
The _____ was a body of civil law that controlled life in the Byzantine Empire.
Merchants travelling from all over had to pay _____ as they traveled from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.
The Eastern Roman Empire became known as _____
A fierce and successful leader of the Byzantine Empire that believed in Christianity and built many churches all over.
Justinian's wife Theodora is credited with being one of the first rulers to recognize the rights of _____, with protection of young girls and divorce laws that gave greater benefits to females.
The _____ Walls were built to protect the city of Constantinople from outside threats; they protected the wealth of the city.
Justinian created his Justinian Code of laws in his royal home, the Great ____.
The Byzantine's control of the _____ Strait helped contribute to the wealth of the Empire.
The Justinian Code was based on old ____ laws; they included such ideas as criminal justice, marriage, property, slavery, and women's rights.
The split of Christianity into the Roman Catholic Church in the west and the eastern Orthodox Church was called the Great _____
Emperor Constantine set up a _____ system in which army service was traded for property (land).
After a final attack by the Muslim Ottoman _____, the eastern Christian Byzantine Empire was never fully restored.
The ____ Revolt in the Hippodrome showed many rioters were not in agreement with Justinian's taxes and strict law code.