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The significance of the Byzantine Empire included all of the following EXCEPT
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The empire's conquest of the Ottoman Empire and its inclusion of all of the Middle East
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What eastern emperor was responsible for the attempted restoration of a united Roman Empire after 533?
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Justinian
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After the 7th century, what group posed the greatest threat to the eastern frontiers of the Byzantine Empire?
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The Arab Muslims
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Which of the following was a result of the conflict between the Byzantine Empire and the Arab Muslims?
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The position of small farmers in the empire was weakened as a result of heavy taxation resulting in greater aristocratic estates?
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In which of the following ways were the Byzantine bureaucracy and the Chinese bureaucracy similar?
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Both bureaucracies were open to talented commoners, not just aristocrats
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What were the primary exports of the Byzantine Empire?
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Luxury products, such as silk, cloth and carpets
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Byzantine cultural life centered on the secular traditions of
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Hellenism
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Which of the following issues was a cause for the split between the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches after 1054?
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The Roman Catholic practice of requiring celibacy for its priets
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What was the outcome of the Western crusade of 1204?
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The crusaders attacked and conquered Constantinople, temporarily establishing a Western kingdom there
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The kingdom of Kiev in southern Russia was established by traders from
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Scandinavia
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Who were the Scandinavian invaders who disrupted the development of durable political institutions in the medieval West until the 10th century?
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Vikings
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The system that described economic and political relations between landlords and their peasant laborers was called
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Manorialism
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Which of the following statements concerning the three-field rotation system is most accurate?
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Introduced in the 8th century, the three-field rotation added acres to production by leaving only a third of the land unplanted
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What belief did the conversion of Germanic kings create among Western religious leaders, particularly the pope?
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That the Church was superior to the secular rulers
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Which of the following was NOT a benefit of the monastic movement in western Europe?
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Their political organization provided the foundation for the political order established in France, Germany, and England
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