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1. The Byzantine Empire is also referred as what?
The Eastern Roman Empire
The Southern Roman Empire
The Northern Roman Empire
The Western Roman Empire
2. What was the official religion of the Byzantine Empire?
Islam
Paganism
Hindu
Christianity
3. Which Roman emperor reorganised the empire and made modern-day Istanbul the new capital?
Valentinian
Theodosius
Diocletian
Constantine
4. The Hagia Sophia is the greatest example of Byzantine architecture on Earth. It was built under the reign of which emperor?
Arcadius
Basil
Alexios
Justinian I
5. What was originally Hagia Sophia when it was built in 537?
Roman Catholic cathedral
Byzantine Christian cathedral
Museum
Mosque
6. Who was the first empress of the Byzantine Empire?
Martha
Irene
Sophia
Livia
7. Which Byzantine emperor was known as the Bulgar-Slayer?
Basil II
Leo III
Nicephorus
Alexius
8. The Arabs destroyed which city in North Africa and ended the Byzantine rule?
Carthage
Tarabulus
Tartessos
Alexandria
9. Which Byzantine emperor changed the official language of the empire from Latin to Greek?
Leontios
Constantine III
Heraclius
Justinian II
10. What terrible disease swept through the Byzantine Empire during Justinian's rule?
Bubonic plague
Measles
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?
Leo III
Basil II
Alexios I Komnenos
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 Muslims
The Greeks
The Romans
The Phoenicians
14. In what year the city of Constantinople fell and ended the Byzantine Empire?
1425
1453
1493
1444
15. Which army stormed the city walls and the Byzantine Empire came to end?