Chapter 10
Byzantine Empire
Also known as the Eastern Roman Empire. It had no clear starting point and its residents simply viewed themselves as a continuation of the Roman Empire. It lasted further than its western counterparts which collapsed in the 5th century.
Constantinople
The capital city of the Byzantine Empire.
Justinian
One of the rulers of the Byzantine Empire. Reigned from 527 to 565 and tried to reclaim the land of the Western Roman Empire that was lost to the Byzantines.
Caesaropapism
A practice in the Byzantine Empire were the emperor choose the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
The second largest Christian church in the world primary in Eastern Europe. They called themselves the One Holy Catholic Apostolic Church founded almost 2000 years ago.
Icons
Paintings of religious figures.
Kievan Rus
An area in Ukraine and western Russia were Slavic people lived with other people such as Finnic and Baltic people that was loosely held together by princes.
Prince Vladimir of Kiev
A prince that adopted Eastern Orthodox Christianity in order to unite the people of Kievan Rus as they started to interact with the rest of the world.
Charlemagne
A ruler of the Carolingian Empire of the Germanic people that reigned from 768 to 814. Was an attempt to re-create something of like to the Roman Empire. Was titled as the new Roman Emperor by the pope.
Holy Roman Empire
An empire that ruled largely over German by Otto the 1st of Saxony. Was probably titled new Roman Emperor by the pope.
Roman Catholic Church
A hierarchical organization of popes, bishops, priest, and monetarists that was modeled off of the religion of the Western Roman Empire, took over some functions of the Roman Empire, and spoke Latin as the language of the church.
Western Christendom
The Latin church of the catholic church.
Crusades
A series of attacks made by the popes call to arms to try and take Jerusalem and the Holy Land back.
European Cities
Cities in Europe
System of Competing States
A system of different states in Europe that persisted into the 21st century. The prevention of creating another unified empire in Europe was due to geological features, language differences, and the shifting of power in other states.
Aristotle and Classical Greek Learning
The revival of Greek philosophizers teachings during the Middle Ages of Europe.
Byzantium Falls, Dark Ages, the Crusades, and Christianity
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