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part of the Roman Empire that became the Byzantine Empire when Rome fell in 476 CE
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(330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine.
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Byzantine Empire
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part of the Roman Empire that became the Byzantine Empire when Rome fell in 476 CE
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(330-1453) The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the Western Empire at the end of the 5th century C.E. Its capital was Constantinople, named after the Emperor Constantine.
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Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruler by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code
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the wife of Justinian, she helped to improve the status of women in the Byzantinian Empire and encouraged her husband to stay in Constntinople and fight the Nike Revolt.
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The body of Roman civil law collected and organized by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian around A.D. 534.
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City founded as the second capital of the Roman Empire; later became the capital of the Byzantine Empire
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the Church of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian
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Dynasty in China set up by the Mongols under the leadership of Kublai Khan
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a huge building in Constantinople and the site of the chariot races
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People revolted against Justinian. His wife tells him not to run away and he sends army and 30,000 people are killed.
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the official split between the Roman Catholic and Byzantine churches that occurred in 1054
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two churches established after the Great Schism in 1054 CE
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group of people who the Byzantine Empire had a strong impact in the development of their government, trade, religion, and culture
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Disease similar to bubonic plague, and hit in the later years of Justinian's reign
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Muslim empire that conquered Constantinople in 1453 CE
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region in which the Mongols would unite out of clans of nomadic peoples
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Founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire. He came to power by uniting the nomadic tribes of central Asia and his empire became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. The empire also stabilized the Silk Road and facilitated trade along it
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The official name for the Mongolian empire over Russia. Kiev fell to the Mongols and then they controlled southern Russia for 200 years. The capitol of the area was in Sarai. Western most part of the Mongol Empire
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(1215-1294) Grandson of Genghis Khan and founder of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China.
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Venetian (Italian) merchant and traveler. His accounts of his travels to China offered Europeans a firsthand view of Asian lands and stimulated interest in Asian trade.
