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Cards (15)

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(15 cards)

Iconoclasm

Front

A reaction against Byzantine religious art featuring human forms

Back

Charlemagne

Front

Crowned emperor of the Holy Roman Empire in 800, struggled for power over pope

Back

Black Death

Front

Name for the spread of Plague through Eurasia along trade routes

Back

Manzikert

Front

The battle in which the Byzantines lost to the Seljuk Turks, allowing Turks to overtake much of Anatolia (Turkey)

Back

Clovis

Front

Germanic leader who converted to Christianity, example of religion's spread into Northern Europe

Back

Kiev

Front

A trade post that grew to be center of ancient Russia

Back

Vladimir I

Front

Prince of Kiev who converted to Christianity, copied Byzantine ways

Back

Serfs

Front

peasant famers who, while not slaves, were tied to the land they worked

Back

Moldboard

Front

agricultural innovation that improved food production in Europe

Back

Schism

Front

A split in the world of Christianity between East and West

Back

Bulgaria

Front

Neighboring kingdom where Byzantium blinded 15,000 soldiers

Back

Cyril and Methodius

Front

Eastern Orthodox missionaries who spread Christianity to Russians, Slavs; developed an alphabet for Slavic language

Back

Hanseatic League

Front

a European trade union for shippers to increase profits

Back

Justinian

Front

A Byzantine emperor from the 500's (with a peer hungry wife)

Back

Hagia Sophia

Front

A domed church built in Constantinople to display Byzantine power

Back