WH Unit 3

Eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half.

Constantine's name for Constantinople; Capital of eastern Rome and then capital of Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine emperor in the 6th century A.D. who reconquered much of the territory previously ruled by Rome, initiated an ambitious building program , including Hagia Sofia, as well as a new legal code

The body of Roman law collected by order of the Byzantine emperor, Justinian around A.D. 534.

the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian

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.

Christian followers in the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire); split from Roman Catholic Church and shaped life in eastern Europe and western Asia

Orthodox monks who created Cyrillic alphabet so that the Bible could be translated into the Slavic language; brought Eastern Orthodox Christianity to Russia

A people from the forests north of the Black Sea, ancestors of many peoples in Eastern Europe today

Legendary Scandinavian, regarded as founder of the first kingdom of Russia based in Kiev in 855 C.E.

Grand prince of Kiev who converted to Orthodox Christianity and made it the state religion, One of the first Czars; Tried to expand south, which conflicted with Byzantine Empire. Eventually formed deal with emperor of BE

religious images used by eastern christians to aid their devotions

Mongol khanate founded by Genghis Khan's grandson Batu. It was based in southern Russia and quickly adopted both the Turkic language and Islam.

Starting with Alexander Nevsky in 1252, this band of princes were particularly adept at serving the Mongols- they loyally put down uprisings.

A large area of flat unforested grassland in southeastern Europe or Siberia.