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Byzantine empire
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Theodora | The empress of the Byzantine empire and wife of Justinian 1. One of the most influential and powerful Byzantine empresses. |
| Hagia Sophia | Most famous example of architecture of the Byzantine empire. |
| Cyrillic alphabet | An alphabet created by Eastern Orthodox monks for the Slavic languages. It is based on Greek. |
| Byzantine empire | The eastern half of the Roman Empire, which survived after the fall of the western Roman Empire in 476 c.e. |
| Justinian 1 | Byzantine emperor in the 6th century C.E. |
| Justinians code | A law code created by the Byzantine emperor Justinian about 530 CE. |
| Orthodox Christianity | A sect (branch) of Christianity developed in the Byzantine empire, after its split from the Roman Empire. |
| Constantinople | Capital of the Byzantine empire. Located on Bosporus strait between the |