A | B |
Used to be Constantinople | Now is Istanbul, Turkey |
Constantinople | capital of Eastern Roman Empire |
Justinian | 16th Byzantine emperor |
Corpus Juris Civilis | Code of Justinian |
Theodora | Justinian's wife |
Nika Rebellion | Riot in Constantinople in 532 |
Hagia Sophia | Church of Holy Wisdom |
Pendentive | joins a wall with the base of a dome |
mosaic | picture of colored glass laid in plaster |
Great Schism | split in Christian Church in 1054 |
Catholic | Latin for "universal" |
Orthodox | Greek for "correct" |
icon | picture of important Christian or sacred event |
mass | worship service |
celibate | not married or having sex |