Untitled Flashcards Set

What was the body of civil law created for the Byzantine Empire?

The Justinian Code

Who supported the use of icons during the 8th-century dispute?

The pope

Who invented the alphabet used by many Slavic languages?

Saint Methodius and Saint Cyril

Who was a ruler of Kievan Russia?

Yaroslav the Wise

What was the Mongol Empire in Russia called?

Khanate of the Golden Horde

What happened to Moscow under Mongol rule?

Moscow grew in wealth and power

Which title did Ivan III use?

Czar

Who were the mamelukes?

Turkish slaves who became a powerful force in the Abbasid Empire.

To which religion did the Seljuks convert?

Islam

What title was used for Seljuk rulers?

Shah

What was closest to the Great Palace?

The Hagia Sophia

What was the furthest north?

The Gate of Charisius

In which year did the Seljuk Turks migrate into the Abbasid Empire?

970

What happened after the Christian Church divided?

Constantinople fell to the Turks.

What occurred in 1480?

Ivan III refused to pay the Mongols tribute.

What happened before Vladimir of Kiev chose Eastern Christianity?

The Viking chief Rurik founded Novgorod.

What happened first?

The Roman Empire divided into two.

What led to the Seljuks armies capturing Baghdad?

The Seljuks Turks migrated into the Abbasid Empire.

What event occurred during the early history of Byzantium?

Justinian I became emperor.

What happened over the course of many years?

The Turks converted to Islam.

How many years after the fall of Kiev to the Mongols did Constantinople fall to the Turks?

211 years.

What did Justinian set up a panel of experts to do?

Compile laws to regulate a complex society.

What caused political instability?

Yaroslav's division of his realm among his sons.

What did the Byzantines use to prop up their shaky empire?

Diplomacy.

Russian culture was strongly influenced by what event?

The creation of the Cyrillic alphabet.

What did Justinian I and Yaroslavl the Wise both create?

Effective legal codes.

When did Russia achieve liberation from Mongol rule?

When the Russian and Mongol armies refused to fight, and both sides went home.

Orthodox Christianity became the state religion of which entity?

Byzantine Empire.

What influenced Vladimir's rule?

The combination of church and state.

What caused the disappearance of the Arabic language from Persia?

The Turks' political and cultural preference for the Persians.

In which year did the Viking chief Rurik found Novgorod?

862.

Vladimir's conversion to __________ was an example of cultural blending.

Christianity.

What caused the Nika Rebellion?

Hippodrome fans felt the mayor of Constantinople was too forceful.

Emperor Leo III thought the use of icons was a form of ______ ______.

idol worship.

Malik Shah was the last effective leader of the _______.

Seljuks.

Yaroslav the Wise contributed to the decline of _______ by dividing it among his three sons.

the Kievan state.

What strategies did Ivan I and his successors use to enlarge their territory?

Land purchases, wars, trickery, and shrewd marriages.

What was one of the causes for the decline of both Kievan Russia and the Byzantine Empire?

Attacks.