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Who split the Roman and Byzantine Empires in half?
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Diocletian
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Who was the greatest of all the Byzantine Emperors?
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Justinian
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What were the three reasons Justinian should be remembered?
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Tried to win the Roman lands back Made a code of laws Made Constantinople more beautiful
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What did Justinian say all the time?
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One empire, one church, one law
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Why did the Christian Church break?
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Problems with government, icons, and riots
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The West became the _____________ church
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Roman Catholic
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The East became the _________________ church
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Eastern Orthodox
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What happened when Justinian died?
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Plague & civil war
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Who were the two monks that invented the Cyrillic alphabet?
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Cyril & Methodius
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Why did the monks make the alphabet?
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It was important to have a written language.
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What was Russia's religion?
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Eastern Orthodoxy
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What happened in AD 862?
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Russia was founded
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Who was the ruler when Russia was founded?
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Prince Rurik
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Why was Kiev the biggest city in Europe?
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Large trading center between 2 routes
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What did the veche do?
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It was an assembly - accept/remove princes, handled business and government
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