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 Eastern Roman Empire ✓

The Northern Roman Empire ✓

The Western Roman Empire ✓

The Southern Roman Empire ✓

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

Hindu ✓

Islam ✓

Paganism ✓

Christianity ✓

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

Theodosius ✓

Constantine ✓

Valentinian ✓

Diocletian ✓

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

Justinian I ✓

Arcadius ✓

Alexios ✓

Basil ✓

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

Museum ✓

Byzantine Christian cathedral ✓

Mosque ✓

Roman Catholic cathedral ✓

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

Sophia ✓

Irene ✓

Livia ✓

Martha ✓

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?

Tarabulus ✓

Tartessos ✓

Carthage ✓

Alexandria ✓

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

Leontios ✓

Heraclius ✓

Justinian II ✓

Constantine III ✓

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

Influenza ✓

Bubonic plague ✓

Measles ✓

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?

Michael VIII Palaiologos ✓

Alexios I Komnenos ✓

Basil II ✓

Leo III ✓

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

Magna Carta ✓

Exules Siberiani ✓

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 Phoenicians ✓

The Greeks ✓

The Muslims ✓

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

1444 ✓

1425 ✓

1493 ✓

1453 ✓

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

The Franks ✓

The Normans ✓

The Persians ✓

The Ottomans ✓

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