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Replace incorrect
underlined terms.
doctrine.
1. An icon is a religious image/picture.
2. The religious dispute over icons prompted the pope to excommunicate,
or ban from the Church, a Byzantine emperor.
Church, theChristian
patriarchChurch,
and other
head
3. In the Roman
EasternCatholic
Orthodox/Orthodox
thebishops
patriarch
andthe
churchbishops
as a group.
other
head the church as a group.
4. The Justinian Code is a four-part body of law created during the reign of
the emperor Justinian.
5. Built during the reign of Justinian, the Hagia Sophia was intended to be
the world's most beautiful palace.
church.
6. In 1054, a solution was found to the conflicts between the Roman
Catholic Church in the West and the Orthodox Church in the East, which
merge the churches.
was to divide/spilt
the churches.
7. The Cyrillic alphabet is named after St. Cyril, who invented it so that
Slavic peoples could read the Bible in their own languages.
Notebook heading:
Date: 10/22/2013
Topic: Byzantine Empire
Post‐classical quiz on Thursday! By the end of today’s class our objective is to evaluate the causes of the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
Theodora:
Empire Falls:
• Justinian’s wife
– Adviser
– Immense power • Justinian considered fleeing during the Nika Rebellion
– Theodora urged him to stay • The Plague of Justinian
– Arrived from India – At its worst 10,000 people were dying every day
• Justinian died in 565
– street riots, religious quarrels, palace intrigues, and foreign dangers
• Bribes, diplomacy, political marriages, and military power used to hold off enemies – Slowly the empire shrank
– Fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453
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The Church Divides:
• 1054: the pope and the patriarch excommunicated each other
– Christianity officially split
• Roman Catholic Church • Orthodox Church • Competed for converts
• Orthodox invented an alphabet for Slavic languages
– Slavs able to read the Bible in their own language – Written in the Cyrillic alphabet
• Slavs were creating a culture that would form Russia
court historian: official writings described Justinian as a serious, even‐
tempered ruler who worked from dawn to midnight
Analyze similarities and differences between the Classical Age and Post‐Classical Age.
1) Dissect the prompt: What is the actual question?
2) List possible categories 3) Write a thesis statement/paragraph
4) Write a body paragraph (direct comparison) 5) Underline the similarity identified in your thesis
‐Double‐underline the difference
6) Circle the category in your body paragraph
7) Underline the similarity identified in the body paragraph
‐Double‐underline the difference
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3. Justinian’s most important and long‐lasting political 1. The most important political achievement was?
feature of the Byzantine state was (A) reconquering western Rome
(A) its docile acceptance of Rome’s (B) his democratic reforms
superiority
(C) his codification of Roman law
(B) its tightly centralized rule under (D) establishing peace with the a powerful emperor
Islamic world
(C) its republican government structure resembled early Rome 4. Images of religious objects (D) its reliance on Achaemenid venerated as part of the religious ruling principles
practices of the Orthodox church 2. The capital of the Byzantine Empire were called
was
(A) mosaics
(A) Rome
(B) idols
(B) Baghdad
(C) icons
(C) Damascus
(D) iconoclasm (D) Constantinople
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