| A | B |
| Queen of the cities | Constantinople |
| Justinian | Greatest Byzantine Emperor |
| Mosaic | Picture made from bits of colored glass/stone |
| West | The side was governed from Rome until 476 AD |
| East | This side of the Roman Empire was controled from Constantinople until 1453 AD |
| Greek | Language spoken in Byzantine Empire |
| Byzantium | Constantinople was called this before Constantine changed the name |
| Istanbul | Constantinoples named changed to this in 1453 AD |
| Attila | Leader of the Huns |
| Hippodrome | Chariot racing arena |
| Icon | Religious image |
| Latin | Language spoken in Rome |
| Hagia Sophia | Byzantine Domed Church |
| Schism | Split in Roman Catholic Church |
| Patriarch | Leader of Greek Orthodox Church |
| Pope | Leader of Roman Catholic Church |
| Corpus Juris Civilis | Codifed Roman Law |
| Greco-Roman | Mix of Greek and Roman cultures |
| Cyrillic | Alphabet that Russia adopted |