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| Him and his brother from Thessaloniki in Greece. They created a alphabet, which was called the Cyrillic alphabet. It represented the sound of Slavic languages more that it represented Greek. It continued in Eastern Europe until replaced by the Roman alphabet. | Cyril |
| Prince Vladimir of Kiev switched to Orthodox Christianity and made his disiples follow. He was no paragon of virtue: he lauded drunkenness and harem 800 girls. After he converted, it flowed into Russia. | Vladimir |
| It herved as a conduit for the spread of Byzantine cultural and religious influence in Russia. Art and Architecture took over Kiev. It gained control over the Russia Orthodox Church. By the end of the 12th century it had a population of 30,000. | Kiev |
| sent waves of invaders into Anatolia. They told the army to demoralize the defeat at the battle of Manzikert. They held so much of Anatolia that the crusaders from Western Europe held most of the remainder | Saljiuqs |
| a division between people who are part of a movement, most frequently applied to a break of communion between two sections of Christianity that were previously a single body | Schism |
| It was a cold and windy peninsula in northern Greece. Its been know as the site of monasteries. It was off-limits to female animals and humans because they might cause the monks carnal thoughts | Mt. Athos |
| He ruled from 329-379 C.E. He was the patriarch of Constantinople during the4th century. He urged people to adopt reforms that enhanced their effectiveness. He has a reputation for piety and devotion they caused them to end the laity | St. Basial of Caesarea |
| People from Egypt, Persia, & Mesopotamia observed regimes of extreame asceticism and self denial. Many abandoned the society and went to live in the desert or caves, while others stuck with fasting, praying and celibacy | Asceticism |
| In 726 C.E he made a policy of iconoclasm which means “breaking of icons”. It was the destroying of religious images and not allowing them in Churches. This policy caused many riots to breakout thought the empire. In 843 Iconoclast abandoned their efforts. | Iconoclasm |
| Byzantine cultural, political, economic influence. Occured in the post classical era and formed trade with eastern europe | Byzantine Commonwealth |
| Dynasty, 224-621 in Persia. Created after Alexanders death. Rebuilt Achaemenid Empire and had a conflict with Roman forces | Sasanid |
| It was a policy that Constantine started. Emperor didnt rule as a secular lord but also played a role in ecclesiastical affairs | Caearopapism |
| Corpus Iruius Civilis | Body of the civil law. Justinian issued this law. |
| weapon that was compounded of lime and petroleum | Greek Fire |
| Hagia Sophia | Name of a church; means "holy wisdom"; Started as church and turned in a mosque 13th |
| Theme system | Most impt revision of society during the byzantine empire; made byzantine empire grew; a theme is an area that came under the control of general; this gave a army that could go to war more quickly |
| Fourth crusade (1202-1204) | Intended to capture Jerusalem; instead capture Constantinople; this caused The Great Schism as a break in the Christian church. |
