| A | B |
|---|
| Justinian Code | Roman Civil law, regarded all areas of life, |
| Hagia Sophia | built by Justinian, magnificent church |
| Hipprodrome | Chariot Races, circus |
| Schism | split in Catholic church during the Roman Empire |
| Cryillic alphabet | alphabet used by Slavic languages |
| Czar/Tsar | Russian Emperor |
| Caliph | supreme political and religious leader, emperor |
| Sunni | Branches of Islam |
| Autocrat | a single ruler with with complete authority |
| icon | holy image of Jesus, the Virgin Mary or a saint. the orthodox Christian chuch |
| Mosaic | pictures by inlaid pieces of stone or other materials, picture "made by parts of other stuff" |
| Sharia | System of Islamic law |
| Shiite | one of the two main division of Islam |
| Umayyad dynasty | spread Islam to the Atlantic in west and to the Indus Valley in the east |
| Abbassid dynasty | moved the capital to Bagadad, ending Arab domination of Islam |
