Byzantine Empire

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