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Module 10 1&2
Question | Answer |
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three of justinian's achievements | justinian's code, building of the church, trying to get more territories |
who was constantine and why was he so important | roman emperor at the end of the roman empire, helped bring greek and roman knowledge back |
what was another name for the byzantine empire | eastern roman empire |
what religion did they follow in the eastern roman empire | eastern orthodox christianity |
why did they decline in the eastern roman empire? | constant invasions, the plague, taken over by the ottoman empire |
what was the legacy of the eastern roman empire | justinian's code, absolute rule, passing on of greek and roman knowledge, strong government, christianity |
Which groups of people did early russia originate from | the vikings and the slavs |
Which civilization most influenced early russia and what features did they borrow | the eastern roman empire, they borrowed their idea of government, absolute rule, they borrowed their religion, eastern orthodox christianity, their art and architecture, their writing |
who was yaroslav the wise | he was a russian emperor who tried to reform and improve the russian civilization |
what was some of yaroslav the wise achievements | he rewrote all of russian laws, established christianity as the religion of russia, he created stability for the russian civilization |
how did the mongol empire influence russia | isolated russia which made them develop individually, controlled them by absolute rule |
who was ivan the great and what were his achievements | a russian emperor who rebuilt the russian civilization in the model of rome, first czar of russia, developed the new government |
why was ivan the terrible given this title | He terrorized his people, he had a secret police, his people lived in fear, killed/jailed people constantly |
why is russia's government history of extreme absolute rule | their model of government was always one person |