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| Icons | caused division in the church; Romans believed they could pray to images of saints and God |
| Theodora | called for women's rights; Justinian's wife |
| Justinian I/Justinian the Great | emperor who expanded the empire and put down the Nika riots |
| Justinian Code | a collection of laws that shaped current European civil law |
| Eastern Orthodox | the name of the new branch of Christianity launched in Constantinople |
| Greek | the language spoke in the Byzantine Empire |
| Constantine | the first Christian Emperor |
| Diocletian | the Roman Emperor who split the empire |
| Constantinople | the capital of the Byzantine Empire |
| Istanbul | the modern day name of Constantinople |
| Cyrillic Alphabet | Slavic written language invented by Eastern Orthodox missionaries |
| Hagia Sophia | Was an Eastern Orthodox Church as well as a Mosque in Constantinople |
| Theodosian Walls | Primary defensive mechanism in Constantinople |
| Water | Geographical defensive mechanism in Constantinople |
| Trade | The way Constantinople connected Asia, Africa, and Europe |
| Patriarch | Name of the leader of the Eastern Orthodox Church |
| Monotheism | Belief in one god |
| Nika | Riots/Rebellion that originated in sports and almost led to the fall of Justinian |
| Religion | the single greatest influence on all aspects of life in the Byzantine Empire |
| Eastern Roman Empire | later became known as the Byzantine Empire; terms can be used as synonyms |
