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Lessons From Byzantium
1. What is the great use of history?
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Lessons From Byzantium
1. What is the great use of history?
2. Which empire remained supreme for sixteen centuries?
2. Which empire remained supreme for sixteen centuries?
3. Which Greek city is on the Bosporus?
3. Which Greek city is on the Bosporus?
4. What name was it given when it was chosen to be the new capitol of
Rome by Constantine I?
5. In which battle did Constantine see a cross in the sky with the words
In Hoc Signo Vinces?
6. Who did the capitol fall to in 1453?
4. What name was it given when it was chosen to be the new capitol of
Rome by Constantine I?
5. In which battle did Constantine see a cross in the sky with the words
In Hoc Signo Vinces?
6. Who did the capitol fall to in 1453?
7. Who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas day in 800
A.D.?
8. In what year did the Western Roman Empire collapse?
7. Who was crowned Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas day in 800
A.D.?
8. In what year did the Western Roman Empire collapse?
9. What era followed the fall of Western Rome?
9. What era followed the fall of Western Rome?
10. What was the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire?
10. What was the culture of the Eastern Roman Empire?
11. What secret weapon was used by the Byzantines to destroy Muslim
ships?
12. What were the colors of the opposing political parties in Byzantium?
11. What secret weapon was used by the Byzantines to destroy Muslim
ships?
12. What were the colors of the opposing political parties in Byzantium?
13. Who founded the University of Constantinople? When was it
founded?
14. What was a testament to Byzantine engineering? When was it built?
(caption)
15. When did the Renaissance in Western Europe begin?
13. Who founded the University of Constantinople? When was it
founded?
14. What was a testament to Byzantine engineering? When was it built?
(caption)
15. When did the Renaissance in Western Europe begin?
16. What started the Renaissance?
16. What started the Renaissance?
17. Who sacked the city of Constantinople in 1204?
17. Who sacked the city of Constantinople in 1204?
18. Who was the last Byzantine emperor?
18. Who was the last Byzantine emperor?
19. How many Turks laid siege to Constantinople?
19. How many Turks laid siege to Constantinople?
20. What “super-weapon” was used by the Turks on Constantinople?
20. What “super-weapon” was used by the Turks on Constantinople?
21. Describe the walls that protect Constantinople:
21. Describe the walls that protect Constantinople:
List three reasons for the fall of Constantinople:
22.
List three reasons for the fall of Constantinople:
22.
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25. What can Americans do to avoid the same fate as Constantinople?
(opinion)
25. What can Americans do to avoid the same fate as Constantinople?
(opinion)
“Now wit ye well that they gazed at Constantinople, those who had
never seen it: for they had not dreamed that there was in all the
world so rich a city…”
Geoffroi de Villehardouin
“Now wit ye well that they gazed at Constantinople, those who had
never seen it: for they had not dreamed that there was in all the
world so rich a city…”
Geoffroi de Villehardouin