| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Hagia ___, the grand church of Constantinople | Sophia | 91%
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| A total of eleven emperors shared this name | Constantine | 85%
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| Forged document used to support claims of papal authority | Donation of Constantine | 85%
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| The empire from which the Byzantines inherited many cultural traditions | Roman | 82%
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| Inhabitants of Eastern Europe who had occasional run-ins with the Byzantines | Slav | 82%
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| Riots in the Hippodrome during Justinian's reign | Nika | 76%
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| Sometimes considered to be another name for the Byzantine Empire | Eastern Roman Empire | 70%
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| Geographic region under Byzantine claim | Anatolia | 67%
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| Dynasty from 867-1056, under which Byzantine art and culture flourished | Macedonian | 67%
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| English translation of the greek word "Basileus" | Emperor | 64%
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| Sultan of the Ottoman Empire "____ the Magnificent" | Suleiman | 64%
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| Originally a material from the Far East, this good eventually became one of the most important Byzantine commodities | Silk | 61%
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| Ecumenical council called by Constantine I in 325 | Nicaea | 58%
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| Iranian enemy of the Byzantines | Sassanid | 58%
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| Ruler of the Kievan Rus' who converted to Christianity in the 10th century | Vladimir | 58%
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| Armenian eunuch who was a loyal general to Justinian | Narses | 55%
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| ___ Lecapenus (r. 920-944) | Romanus | 55%
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| Historian Anna Comnena wrote this biography about her father | Alexiad | 52%
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| Eldest son of Theodosius I | Arcadius | 52%
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| 1204 occurrence that crippled the empire | Sack of Constantinople | 48%
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| Despotate of ___ | Epirus | 45%
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| Mother of the first Byzantine emperor | Helena | 42%
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| ___ the Fearsome, Khan of Bulgaria | Krum | 42%
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| One of the five most important cities of Byzantium | Antioch | 36%
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| Ecumenical council called by Theodosius II in 431 | Ephesus | 36%
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| Byzantine term for military general-governor | Strategos | 36%
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| First of the house of Comnenus | Alexius | 33%
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| Constantine was baptized under this kind of priest | Arian | 30%
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| Byzantine theme in the Adriatic | Dalmatia | 30%
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| Byzantine emperor married to Theophano | Nicephorus | 24%
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| One of the Byzantine's eastern enemies | Seljuks | 24%
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| Prominent priest who opposed to Homouusian Christology | Arius | 18%
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| Imperial title given to empresses | Augusta | 18%
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| The name of a few Byzantine empresses | Eudocia | 12%
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| Important battle against the Bulgars in 1003 | Skopje | 9%
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