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| Constantine | In 330 A.D., _____ founded the city of Constantinople, moving his capital city there from Rome. |
| entities | The establishment of Constantinople marked the beginning of the western and eastern Roman empires as separate _____. |
| Byzantine | Historians refer to the eastern Roman empire as the _____ Empire. |
| Greek | In the Byzantine Empire, _____ language and culture played a greater role than Latin |
| trade | The Byzantine Empire had access to both the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea, allowing _____ to flourish. |
| Ottoman Turks | The Byzantine Empire continued until 1453, when Constantinople was captured by the _____. |
| Hagia Sophia | _____ (Constantinople around 537 A.D.), was built as a church; architectural elements became characteristics of Byzantine architecture. |
| dome | Features of Hagia Sophia include a large _____ and interior walls decorated with mosaics. |
| Eastern Orthodox | The _____ Church grew in importance during the Byzantine Empire. |
| emperor | The Eastern Orthodox Church was ruled by the _____. |
| Russia | Eastern Orthodoxy had a major influence on the religion of _____ and Eastern Europe. |
| Cyrillic | Eastern Orthodox monks translated religious texts and created a new alphabet known as the _____ alphabet. |
| divided | Religious controversy _____ church leaders in the east and in the west. |
| pope | Eastern church leaders refused to recognize the _____ in Rome as their leader. |
| Great Schism | In 1054, the church officially split in two; the split is known as the _____. |
| Justinian | _____ was the ruler of the Byzantine Empire from 527 A.D. until 565 A.D. |
| legal materials | The Justinian Code was significant because it organized the _____ used within the empire. |
| Roman | Byzantine laws were based on _____ laws, which had been evolving for over 1,000 years. |
| Canon law | The law of the Christian Church is called _____. |
| Disunion | China's Period of _____ began with collapse of the Han Dynasty in 220 A.C.E. |
| Wendi | China was reunited in 589 by a military leader from northern China known as Emperor _____. |
| Tang Dynasty | The rule of the _____ is usually referred to as the "Golden Age of Chinese civilization." |
| Japan | The Tang had great influence over cultures like _____ and Korea. |
| Silk Road | The _____ was at its height during the Tang Dynasty. |
| women | Policies regarding _____ were relatively liberal during the Tang Dynasty. |
| Islam | _____ is based on the teachings of the Qur'an. |
| Muslims | The followers of Islam are _____. |
| Five Pillars | The core of Islam is the _____. |
| Dar al-Islam | _____, or the "house or abode of Islam," refers to the areas which are under the control of Islamic law. |
| Sunni | _____ Muslims believe the leader of the Muslim nation should be elected by the community. |
| Shi'a | _____ Muslims believe the leader of the Muslim nation should have been a direct descendant of Muhammad. |
| caliphate | As Islam spread from the Arabian Peninsula to Iraq, Persia, North Africa, and Spain, the Islamic State known as the _____ was formed. |
| religion | Under the Islamic State, there was no separation between _____ and politics. |
| caliph | The Islamic State was led by a _____ who was the successor of Muhammad. |
| shari'ah | Islamic law based on the Qur'an and the Hadith, (the sayings of Muhammad) is known as the _____. |
