Byzantines and Slavs

Emperor who led the iconoclast movement.

Devised an alphabet for the Slavic languages

The scholar who headed the commission that created Justinian's code

The Byzantines requested the pope's aid after being attacked by

The Primary Chronicle is a collection of

study of religious questions

a landowning noble of early Russia

Byzantine anger toward the Western Church grew when the people

The language used by the later Byzantine emperors was

The form of Christianity that developed in the Byzantine Empire became known as

The Corpus of Civil Law was compiled by a commission appointed by

The Prince of Novgorod defeated the Swedes at the battle of Neva

church members who are not clergy

a community of men who have teen religious vows.

Picture made up of tiny pieces of colored glass, tile, or stone set in mortar

person who travels to carry the ideas of a religion to others

After 550 A.D., the major Byzantine industry was the production of

book page decorated by hand w/ elaborate designs, beautiful lettering, or miniature paintings

In 1050, a schism separated

Those Byzantine women who received an education usually

a Christian religious image or picture

Ivan III's marriage to Sophia helped to legitimize his claim as

Slave territories along the Dnieper River trade route became known as

After the fall of Constantinople, Moscow became the center of the

Eastern Slavs accepted Eastern Orthodox religion under the leadership

Byzantine goods could travel overland through Asia after being shipped by boat across the

Viking leader who helped the people of Novgorod

The Byzantines were frequently attacked from the east by

In 1240 A.D., Kiev was captured by the

The Muscovite prince who finally stopped paying tribute to the Mongols

opponent of the use of icons in Byzantine churches, who thought they encouraged worship idols

title taken by rulers of Russia beginning in the late 1400s

In general, Byzantine art depicted

The Byzantine capital was strategically located

Theodora persuaded Justinian to ignore his advisers who advocated

person who acts as a temporary ruler

The Byzantine capital was named after

Theodora's husband was

Improved women's rights in the Byzantine Empire

division of Christian Church in 1054 that separated Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox

The first country officially to adopt Christianity was

territory ruled by a prince

Converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and forced a mass baptism in the Dnieper River

persons, such as priests, given authority to conduct religious services