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1. The Byzantine Empire is also referred as what?
The Western Roman Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire
The Southern Roman Empire
The Northern Roman Empire
2. What was the official religion of the Byzantine Empire?
Paganism
Islam
Christianity
Hindu
3. Which Roman emperor reorganised the empire and made modern-day Istanbul the new capital?
Diocletian
Valentinian
Constantine
Theodosius
4. The Hagia Sophia is the greatest example of Byzantine architecture on Earth. It was built under the reign of which emperor?
Justinian I
Basil
Alexios
Arcadius
5. What was originally Hagia Sophia when it was built in 537?
Mosque
Roman Catholic cathedral
Museum
Byzantine Christian cathedral
6. Who was the first empress of the Byzantine Empire?
Martha
Livia
Irene
Sophia
7. Which Byzantine emperor was known as the Bulgar-Slayer?
Basil II
Alexius
Leo III
Nicephorus
8. The Arabs destroyed which city in North Africa and ended the Byzantine rule?
Alexandria
Carthage
Tarabulus
Tartessos
9. Which Byzantine emperor changed the official language of the empire from Latin to Greek?
Justinian II
Constantine III
Leontios
Heraclius
10. What terrible disease swept through the Byzantine Empire during Justinian's rule?
Measles
Bubonic plague
Influenza
Yellow fever
11. The earliest initiative for the First Crusade began in 1095 when which Byzantine emperor requested military support in conflict with the Seljuk-led Turks?
Alexios I Komnenos
Basil II
Leo III
Michael VIII Palaiologos
12. What was the name of collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I?
Exules Siberiani
Magna Carta
Corpus Juris Civilis
Romulus Magnus
13. Who did the Byzantine Empire constantly fight with for control over the Holy Land and the eastern Mediterranean?
The Romans
The Muslims
The Phoenicians
The Greeks
14. In what year the city of Constantinople fell and ended the Byzantine Empire?
1493
1453
1444
1425
15. Which army stormed the city walls and the Byzantine Empire came to end?