| A | B |
|---|
| Autocrat | sole ruler with complete authority |
| Byzantine armies reconquered | North Africa, Italy, southern Spain |
| Justinians successors lost the bitterly contest lands due to | money (treasury) and weakened it's defence in the East. |
| Hagia Sophia | Constaninople greatest triumph |
| Hagia Sophia was destroyed in | the revolt of 532 |
| Constantinople's crew to rebuilt Hagia Sophia | 10,000 workers divided into two crews competing |
| After the empire fall in 1453, the Hogia Sophia serves | as a museum |
| Constantinople was located | shores of Bosporus, strait that linked the med and black seas |
| Merchants sold | silks from China, wheat from Egypt, gems from India, spices from southeast Asia, and furs from Viking lands in the north |
| Blending of sultures | ancient greek, Roman, Christian influences |
| Body of Civil Law | Junstinians Code of laws |
| Justinian used laws to | unite the empire under his control |
