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Constantinople; seat of the Eastern Roman Empire

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire
Byzantine Empire

Byzantine emperor who dreamed of restoring the original Roman

Empire
http://www.armstrong.edu/Initiatives/history_journal/history_journal_the
_death_toll_of_justinians_plague_and_its_effects_on
Justinian I

Wife of Justinian served as co-ruler

http://www.luc.edu/roman-emperors/dora.htm
Theodora

top general who recaptured Northern Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belisarius
Belisarius

mosaics
pictures created with tine colored tiles of glass, stone or clay fitted
together and cemented in place
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p%3A%2F%2Fruidoso.enmu.edu%2F~enmu%2Findex.php%2Fnewsand-events-2%2Fcommed%2Fcommunity-ed-registration%2Fproduct
%2F57mosaics&ei=9MYsVYKeBpLc8AWkuoCQCQ&psig=AFQjCNGqFwz3Xfa6Iw
j2ZxgA6QhaTn5k6Q&ust=1429084276151533
Mosaics

icons- objects that represent greater meaning

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sa=i&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjB0&url=htt
p%3A%2F%2Fwww.iconarchive.com%2Fcategory%2Fpeopleicons.html&ei=N8csVfyiDoT08QXo7YGAAg&psig=AFQjCNGx10E4WuNf
MlngPJM64G9zCjhPwQ&ust=1429084343303818
Icons

Clergy- group of ordained leaders in religion

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%3APolish_clergy_15881632.PNG&ei=YccsVcyeJpGA8QX3rIHIAg&psig=AFQjCNHhDkCaFeGbQ
MNhX-dvajxFyag4-g&ust=1429084385741898
clergy

Orthodox Church- Church in the east, which differed from the Roman
Catholic church
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p%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki
%2FEastern_Orthodox_Church&ei=iccsVcTrMpLN8gXKqoDIDA&psig=AF
QjCNFxpwbn4VVPohcPDVp23zMDFm4Rsg&ust=1429084425945630
orthodox church

Rus- Northern Europeans-perhaps Vikings

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imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Principalit
ies_of_Kievan_Rus%2527_(10541132).jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kievan_Rus'&h=1028
&w=770&tbnid=2o8ee3B95WJQ6M:&zoom=1&docid=NSNmUCIHlm7m
GM&ei=o8csVbvJD4z88QW3k4GYBQ&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0C
DAQMygAMAA
Rus

Yaroslav the wise- ruler who made many cultural and administrative
improvements to Kievan Rus
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imgurl=http://ukrmap.su/program2009/uh7/7_12/Yaroslav.jpg&imgrefur
l=http://ukrmap.su/enuh7/281.html&h=481&w=420&tbnid=_w_HFwUs42HfVM:&zoom=1&do
cid=ckM0_6I51xebM&ei=yccsVeukLJLl8AWI94HQCg&tbm=isch&client=safari&ve
d=0CB4QMygDMAM
yaroslav the wise

Cyril- Brother of Methodius who converted slavs to Christianity

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imgurl=http://02varvara.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/cyril-andmethodius-19-crussian.jpg&imgrefurl=http://sacredspace102.blogspot.com/2015/02/1
4th-february-feast-day-of-st-cyriland.html&h=1042&w=837&tbnid=QEMVhD3Lmi3zIM:&zoom=1&docid
=hEFSAcpptOepzM&ei=D8gsVYvuHYb68QWT7IGIBQ&tbm=isch&client
=safari&ved=0CF4QMygmMCY
Cyril

Methodius- Brother of Cyril who converted Slavs to Christianity

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imgurl=http://www.catholic.org/files/images/saints/5099.jpg&imgrefurl
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%3D5099&h=373&w=250&tbnid=i2o69hbEMkOUGM:&zoom=1&docid
=NxMNCcKGdHtQM&ei=PsgsVcf5KcLh8AXu9YHYAg&tbm=isch&client=safari&ve
d=0CBsQMygAMAA
Methodius

Cyrillic alphabet- Slavonic written language based on Greek alphabet

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imgurl=http://www.oocities.org/vaniaivan/pix/alphabet.gif&imgrefurl=h
ttp://www.oocities.org/vaniaivan/alphabet.html&h=302&w=597&tbnid
=7OWqOBmp8M_7M:&zoom=1&docid=RC6kuaIYLhhtlM&ei=XcgsVbGyDs
T68QW98oHoBA&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0CBsQMygAMAA
Cyrillic alphabet

Vladimir I- Grand Duke who made Christianity the state religion of

Kievan Russia
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imgurl=http://russiapedia.rt.com/files/prominent-russians/history-andmythology/vladimir-i/vladimir-i_3t.jpg&imgrefurl=http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/historyand-mythology/vladimiri/&h=327&w=220&tbnid=l4G3r4sAKP6C0M:&zoom=1&docid=yCIrots4
Q956ZM&ei=iMgsVeXlBs3W8gWEyIHYDQ&tbm=isch&client=safari&ve
d=0CBsQMygAMAA
Vladimir I

Alexander Nevsky- He fought Germans and Swedes stopping expansion

in to Russian territory.
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r_Newski.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Nevsky
&h=450&w=292&tbnid=XoYTBkFWO8s2HM:&zoom=1&docid=C6rBkIY
NaG4lWM&ei=rcgsVZPyHYbs8gX3h4DwCw&tbm=isch&client=safari&v
ed=0CDkQMygJMAk
alexander nevsky

Alfred the Great- King of Wessex who led forces to push back the
Danes back to the north
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imgurl=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/multimedia/archive/00439/13414
8702_Alfred_439451c.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sci
ence/article3837947.ece&h=413&w=620&tbnid=UmWzIUk348xKvM:&
zoom=1&docid=EfAAfIJ3AYuTcM&ei=1cosVZK9LI7m8AWKl4CICQ&tbm=
isch&client=safari&ved=0CDwQMygMMAw
Alfred the great

Clovis- the eight largest city in new Mexico

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imgurl=http://www.kidspast.com/images/clovis.jpg&imgrefurl=http://w
ww.kidspast.com/world-history/0197clovis.php&h=342&w=288&tbnid=EqCQ-osZ9tDkM:&zoom=1&docid=OA3VbxeTN63AM&ei=B8ssVbHgFtTv8gW3toGAAw&tbm=isch&client=safari&ve
d=0CDIQMygCMAI
clovis

Medieval- belonging or relating to the Middle ages

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_Geistig.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.deviantart.com/tag/medieval&h=90
4&w=1197&tbnid=CWcfqJsuvh8y_M:&zoom=1&docid=rbtSOaT4pwj9c
M&ei=NsssVcSME8Ht8AXUkYD4CQ&tbm=isch&client=safari&ved=0CD
4QMygOMA4
medieval

Christendom- worldwide community of Christians

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om/Pilgrimage2010/Pilgrimage2010/Christendom.html&h=362&w=568

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Christendom

Gregory the great- he won respect for the papacy and made the pope
one of the most influential figures in Europe
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STVIMnYmdM&ei=h8ssVaLsH9Pi8AX8j4GoBg&tbm=isch&client=safari&
ved=0CCwQMygCMAI
Gregory the great

Monasticism- Withdrawing from the world for religious reasons

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pg&imgrefurl=https://gratefultothedead.wordpress.com/2013/10/30/gr
aced-and-communal-more-lessons-frommonasticism/&h=304&w=450&tbnid=LPX8L8EzzAzc5M:&zoom=1&doc
id=r31F58ILjG6l_M&ei=rcssVYetItP98AW4qYCIBw&tbm=isch&client=sa
fari&ved=0CDkQMygJMAk
monasticism

Augustine of Hippo- his writings helped shape Christian doctrine for

centuries
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=http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id
%3D418&h=337&w=310&tbnid=Rs5kdEFxu1zZlM:&zoom=1&docid=s
S3U5irldRM7PM&ei=2cssVZeFL9Lj8AXTz4DIAw&tbm=isch&client=safar
i&ved=0CDAQMygAMAA
Augustine of hippo

Benedictine Rule- Rule or collection of guild lines for monks

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imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c9/MS._Hatto
n_48_fol._6v7r.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_of_Saint_Benedict&h
=599&w=901&tbnid=gy95biWanO9CNM:&zoom=1&docid=xB0H7vQX
uyGNxM&ei=H8wsVebFKYj98QWxh4DwCQ&tbm=isch&client=safari&v
ed=0CCYQMygIMAg
Benedictine rule

Abbot- a man who is head of a monastery

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imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Abbot_Leo_Mich
ael_Haid.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abbot_Leo_Mic
hael_Haid.jpg&h=1344&w=960&tbnid=_Jtmu4M0zdbVwM:&zoom=1&d
ocid=u5ivFpLdAhqFSM&ei=VMwsVdapC8zo8AXznoHIDw&tbm=isch&cli
ent=safari&ved=0CEIQMygSMBI
Abbot