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Theodora

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Justinian’s wife
Shrewd politician, smart, resourceful, resolute, strong
Was advisor to Justinian

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Justinian

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Heir to the Roman Empire
Had total absolute power
Rebuilt the Hagia Sofia
Tried to reconquer lands of the old Roman Empire
Made Justinian's code
Unified his empire
Was an autocrat
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The same city renamed three times located in a strategic location on the Bosporous

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Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul

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Hagia Sofia

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The great church rebuilt by Justinian

Means Holy Wisdom

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Justinian’s code of laws

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Preserved roman law
Most important book next to the bible in that time
Sum of revised, collected, and organized laws of Ancient Rome
Strengthened and stabilized power
Corpus Juris Civilis- Body of Civil Law

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Bosporus strait

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Strategic location
Easily defendable- guarded on three side by water
Trade hub
Excellent harbor

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Organizing laws

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Codify/ codification

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Someone who breaks an image, someone who goes against established authority

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Iconoclast

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Byzantine art

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Icons- evoked presence of God

Mosaics- brought scenes of the Bible to life

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A region of Russia that is open, treeless, and a grassland; pasture with no natural barriers; prairie

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(Southern) Steppe

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Greek alphabet altered to translate the Bible into Slavic, still used in Russia and parts of Europe

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Cyrillic alphabet

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Russia

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Biggest country
Most population in eastern part of Europe
Ural Mountains are the dividing line between Europe and Asia
Developed differently because of unique geography

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Rejects from Russian society were sent to this brutal-weathered, harsh country

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Siberia

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A dome used in Russia for churches that developed in Byzantine architecture later

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Onion dome

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Words meaning king, derived from the name Caesar

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Tsar/ czar

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Free vote; one noble could block a law, which made it difficult for the Polish government to have decisive action; got nothing done

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Liberum veto

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Magyars

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Ruled Hungary
Adopted Roman Catholicism
Ottoman Turks attacked in 1526 and ended independence

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Poland

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Roman Catholicism
Had the liberum veto which made nothing get done
Had a weak government because of geography and government
No natural barriers, flat plain good for crops, easily conquered
No strong central government

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Slavs/ Slavic

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West Slavs- Poland, Czech and Slovak republics

South Slavs- Balkans

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Russian nobility/ upper class

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Boyars