APWH: chapter 10 vocab

Nubian Christianity

(5th/6th century) Several kingdoms of ___ church thrived for 600 years. It largely disappeared because of the conversion to Islam.

Jesus Sutras

Products of Nestorian Christians in China. ________________ articulate the Christian message using Buddhist and Daoist concepts.

Ethiopian Christianity

(4th century) _______________________ was the conversion of rulers in Axum. It was more resilient than other early Christian churches. It was largely cut off from other parts of Christendom because its distinctive traits differed from other Christian churches.

Byzantine Empire

The _______________________ was a surviving Eastern Roman Empire on the site of the new capital, Constantinople. It had Eastern Power with Eastern Orthodox Christianity (the power transfer to the East). Where scholars, technology, and more was promoted.

Constantinople

____________________ was the new capital of the eastern half of the Roman Empire. The highly defensible and economically important site helped assure the city's cultural and strategic importance.

Caesaropapism

__________________ was a political and religious system in which the secular ruler is also the head of the religious establishment. It allows the emperor to be the head of state and head of the church.

Eastern Orthodox Christianity

_________________________ was a progressive branch of Christianity that developed in the eastern part of the Roman Empire. It was the subordinate of the church of political authority (the clergy could marry, have beards, etc.)

Icons

_______ were holy images revered in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Caused conflicts between Christian sects--paintings (icons) vs. sculptures.

Kievan Rus

_______________ was a state that emerged around the city of Kiev in the 9th century. A culturally diverse region with Vikings, Finnic, and Baltic peoples. It became part of the Eastern Orthodox.

Prince Vladimir of Kiev

______________________, the Grand Price of Kiev from 978-1015 CE. He converted to Orthodox Christianity, leading to the incorporation of Russia into the sphere of Eastern Orthodoxy.

Charlemagne

__________________ was the ruler of the Carolingian Empire from 768-814 CE. He staged an imperial revival in Western Europe and was crowned Holy Emperor by the Pope. He also expanded the empire and broke the "dark ages" of Europe.

Holy Roman Empire

The ____________________ was the Germanic-based empire founded by Otto I in 962. It was the revival of the Frankish Empire (Charlemagne emperor). It was a multi-ethnic European super-state.

Roman Catholic Church

The ___________________________ was the Western European branch of Christianity. It was the religious power in the West with the Pope and Bishops. The Pope was the authority in matters of doctrine and called for crusades.

Western Christendom

_____________________ was the West branch of Christianity. Separated from Eastern Orthodox. Wanted Icons but no representation.

Crusades

The "Ventures of the Cross", meaning the holy wars waged by the Western Christendom, the ___________ lasted from 1095 to the end of the middle ages. Participants swore a vow the Pope and received indulgence.

Justinian

__________ was a Byzantine Emperor from 527-565 CE. He led a short-lived conquest of the former Western Roman Empire and the codification of Roman law.

Cecilia Penifader

An illiterate peasant woman from English village, ______________ provided a way to look into the conditions of ordinary rural people even though her life was more independent and prosperous than most.