AP World History ch.7- Byzantine Empire and Kievan Rus – Flashcards
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Corpus Juris Civilis
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Refered to as Justinian's code, was collection of laws placed by emperor Justinian
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Basil II
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Ruling from 976-102, resumed the successful expansion of Byzantine Empire started by Justinian
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Heracleus
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Ruler of Byzantine Empire(610-641) spoke greek rather than latin, managed to greatly reduce power and influence of the Sassanids
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Byzantine Empire
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Its capital Constantinople, its first emperor was Constantine, became more wealthy that western Rome
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Justinian I
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(ruled 527-565), oversaw a revitalization of Constantinople, expanded empire, defeated Sassinids
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Battle of Manzikert
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Where Byzantine was defeated by Seljuk Turks
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Crusades
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Military expedition that was called upon the Pope to reconquer the "Holy Land" from the Turks (helped Byzantine)
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Normans
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From northern France, later took control of sicily and southern Italy from Byzantines in 1071
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Slavs
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Little known about them, originally populated the steppes of the north east black sea
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Vikings
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People of Northern Europe
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Rus
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Viking rulers
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Leo III
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First Syrian ruler for Byzantine Empire(717-740), reclaimed much of the near Eastern territory lost by his predecessor,and gained additional lands in Asia Minor
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Iconoclast
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Practice of opposing the veneration of religious images and icons
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Highia Sophia
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Famous christian church in Constantinople that was built by Justinian
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Theocracy
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Meaning there was no separation between state and the church
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Patriarchy
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Head of Church
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Cyril
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A famous and successful missionary that created his own alphabet
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Schism
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Seperation, split of the Roman Catholic Church in western Rome and eastern Rome
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Eastern Orthodox
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A religion that is another form of Catholic Spread through Rus and Byzantine Empire
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Theme system
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Offered peasants their freedom by government if they join the miltary
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Cyrillic Alphabet
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Created by Cyril, was adopted by Russians and people that spoke many of the slavic languages
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Illuminated Manascripts
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Of the bible, were elaborately decorated with colored illustrations and flicked with silver and gold
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Bulgars
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Turkic people originally from Central Asia
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University of Constantinople
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Founded in 850, many of its students were trained for service in the vast Byzantine bureaucracy
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Hippodrone
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A large stadium like coliseum in Rome
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Oleg
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Viking Ruler that established the settlement of Kievan Rus
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Dnieper River
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River that flowed from Russia, Bularus, and the Ukraine to the black sea
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Kieven Rus
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Viking settlement along the Dieper River that later converted to christian orthodox by missionaries from Byzantine Empire
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Boyars
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Viking military leader, war council that could vote for the grand prince
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Prince Vladamir I
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Married to the sister of Constantine, ruled the Kieves and helped convert all of his people into Christian orthodox
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Yaroslav
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Son of Vladamir; known for promoting education and codifying legal system
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Russkaya Pravda
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"Russian Justice" legal system founded by Yaroslav
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Constantinople
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City founded by Constantine became capital of Byzantine Empire
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Bosporus Straight
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A water way that is narrow (easy to defend) ran through constantinople
