Byzantine Empire

1. The Byzantine Empire is also referred as what?

2. What was the official religion of the Byzantine Empire?

3. Which Roman emperor reorganised the empire and made modern-day Istanbul the new capital?

4. The Hagia Sophia is the greatest example of Byzantine architecture on Earth. It was built under the reign of which emperor?

5. What was originally Hagia Sophia when it was built in 537?

6. Who was the first empress of the Byzantine Empire?

7. Which Byzantine emperor was known as the Bulgar-Slayer?

8. The Arabs destroyed which city in North Africa and ended the Byzantine rule?

9. Which Byzantine emperor changed the official language of the empire from Latin to Greek?

10. What terrible disease swept through the Byzantine Empire during Justinian's rule?

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?

12. What was the name of collections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I?

13. Who did the Byzantine Empire constantly fight with for control over the Holy Land and the eastern Mediterranean?

14. In what year the city of Constantinople fell and ended the Byzantine Empire?

15. Which army stormed the city walls and the Byzantine Empire came to end?