Chapter 8 World History
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- Bosporus
- peninsula that connects Black Sea to Marmara
- Ural Mountains
- seperate Europe and Asia
- Veche
- town meeting or general meeting
- Andrew
- apostle of Jesus, brought Christianity to Moscow
- Iconoclasts
- image breakers
- Mongols
- took Kiev, were very cruel, taxed highly, built roads
- Slavs
- three groups settled, were nomadic
- Oprickniki
- emperor's personal army, very well trained
- Steppe
- dense, grassy plain
- Excommunication
- removed from church and ceremonies, can't go to Heaven
- Icons
- religious images
- Justinian Code
- one law system for all regions
- Seljuk Turks
- Islamic invaders
- Ivan I
- prince who moved the Eastern Orthodox church from Kiev to Moscow
- Eastern Orthodox
- eastern region
- Roman Catholic
- western region
- Belisarius
- commander in chief, reclaimed territories
- Vladimir
- Olga's grandson who made Eastern Orthodox the main religion
- Ottoman Turks
- put sige on Constantinople, destroyed triple walls with cannons
- Novgorod
- this city had major trade with the Vikings
- Hagia Sophia
- Church in Constantinople built in 532 by Justinian for wife
- Theodara
- wife of Justinian, gave women more rights
- Pravda Russkaia
- Russian law code
- Rurik
- followers were Russians, created Novgorod
- Leo III
- outlawed all icons
- Ivan IV
- became rular at age 3, made self czar, became known as Ivan the Terrible
- Olga
- first noble to become Christian
- Sophia
- married Ivan III, niece of last Byzantine emperor
- Schism
- Church splits
- Polovtsians
- attacked Kiev in 1055
- Dardanelle
- peninsula that connects Marmara to Aegean Sea
- Batu
- he took control of Northern Asia
- Dnieper River
- main river, runs to Black Sea
- Greek Fire
- flamable liquid, can't put out with water
- Cyril & Methodius
- missionaries to Slavs, Cyrillic Alphabet
- Illuminated Manuscripts
- pictures in books
- Oleg
- he took control of both cities
- Irene
- first emperess to hold own right, allowed icons with rules
- Kiev
- this city had major trade with Constantinople
- Mosaics
- pictures from colored tile, glass, stone
- Boyars
- advisors to Prince
- Vikings
- this group traded with the major cities
- Justinian
- Byzantinian emperor from 527-565
- Constantinople
- capital of the Byzantine empire
- Heresy
- going against Church's teachings
- Nika Revolt
- resulted from taxes
- Grand Prince
- Prince of Kiev
- Murals
- paintings on walls, ceilings, floors
- Yaroslav I
- Grand Prince who made Russian's first law code
- Moscow
- where the Eastern Orthodox church was moved from Kiev
- Ivan III
- overthrew Mongols, married Sophia, united Slavs, known as Ivan the Great