Byzantine and Russia
vocab from the units about the byzantine empire and russia
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- Vladimir
- princess olga's grandson... rules in 980
- Kiev
- first real important Russian city
- nika rebellion
- against justinian, stopped by theodora
- vikings
- tribe of warriors that leave their land bc it was cold
- Mongols
- tribe from steps of asia
- justinian
- great emperor 527-565 establishes empire... increases size, gains land
- hagia sophia
- giant cathedral built by justinian
- eastern orthodox
- religion in the east
- procopius
- author (wort "a secret story" (title)) about justinian and theodora
- Cyrillic alphabet
- new way of writing
- Oleg
- moves city south and name it Kiev
- theodora
- justinians wife (****) does good for people tho... marriage laws, divorce laws... she was an actress
- Cheif Rurik
- founder of Novrogod
- hippodrome
- large arena.. seat 60,0000 people, in there = races entertainment
- Novrogod
- first Russian city in 822
- Byzantine empire
- 476-1053
- iconaclasts
- people who destroy icons
- slavs
- people that lived in the forest region north of teh black sea
- Ivan III
- 1462 = rules... expands territory, enlarges moscow, calls himself Czar
- alexander nevski
- general, convinces noblemen to stop attacks, stops invasions
- "Khante of the golden horde"
- Russia renamed
- patriach
- head of church (in the east)
- schism
- disagreement (btw pope and patriach)
- batu khan
- ruler 1240 = attack and detroy Kiev
- Ghengis Khan
- united in 1198... great with horses
- Princess olga
- ruled Kiev in 955
- belisarius
- general sent to recapture africa... his army stopped Nika rebellion
- Boyars
- nobles and wealthy men
- prince ivan I
- 1320 puts down revolt, as reward mogols make him tax collector = good job (lots of money)
- yaroslav the wise
- vladimirs first son rules in 1019.. made trade alliances, law code, build chrches... death = Kiev's decline
- icon
- religious paintingd
- emperor leo III
- rules in 730... bands use of icons