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Byzantine Empire Crossword

Horizontales
The capital of the Roman Catholic church is located in-
The city of Constantinople was on a ______________ overlooking the Bosporus, a strait connecting the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea.
When a person who is officially cast out of the church.
Autocratic rulers in Russia. Russian word for Caesar.
Religious belief that is contrary to the official teachings of the church.
It was one of the reasons for the Christian Church split.
The Church of Hagia Sophia name means __________ _________.
The use of this defense tactic involved sending balls of fire towards enemy ships that were attacking.
Picture made up of inlaid pieces of stone or glass or other material.
Religious images of Jesus, the Virgin Mary, etc.
Verticales
A peninsula is a landform that extends from a mainland and is bordered by water on ___________sides
The Byzantine empire reached its peak under the emperor ____________.
Justinian’s Code is a written set of laws that became the basis of today’s ______________ ________.
Greek alphabet still used in Russia today.
Church rebuilt by Justinian, had a domed roof on a rectangular building. Means “Holy Wisdom”
The decline of the Byzantine Empire came at the hands of the ____________ empire in 1453.
Permanent split. Occurred between the Orthodox Christian Church in the East and the Roman Catholic Church in the West.
A time when people believed that icons needed to be destroyed.
Religious icons were supposed to create the sense that the holy person is actually ___________.
Justinian’s Code was important because it became the basis of current English civil law, and provided a framework for all European legal systems. True or False?
Emperor of Byzantium, known for being opposed to the use of icons.