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Medieval Times Ch 6
Byzantine Empire
Question | Answer |
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Byzantine Empire | a great empire that straddled 2 continents, Europe & Asia & lasted from about 500 to 1453 C.E. |
public works | construction projects built by a government for public use, such as buildings, roads & bridges |
patriarch | in the Eastern Orthodox Church, the bishop of an important city |
liturgy | a sacred rite of public worship |
icon | a type of religious image typically painted on a small wooden panel & considered sacred by the Eastern Orthodox Church |
schism | a formal division in a church or religious body |
Constanople | a city on the eastern edge of Europe that the emperor Constantine made the capital of the Byzantine empire in 330 C.E. |
Eastern Orthodox Church | a Christian religion that arose in the Byzantine Empire |