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 Eastern Roman Empire ✓

The Western Roman Empire ✓

The Northern Roman Empire ✓

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

Islam ✓

Paganism ✓

Christianity ✓

Hindu ✓

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

Constantine ✓

Theodosius ✓

Diocletian ✓

Valentinian ✓

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

Basil ✓

Justinian I ✓

Arcadius ✓

Alexios ✓

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 ✓

Sophia ✓

Livia ✓

Martha ✓

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 ✓

Alexandria ✓

Tartessos ✓

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

Constantine III ✓

Heraclius ✓

Leontios ✓

Justinian II ✓

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

Bubonic plague ✓

Yellow fever ✓

Influenza ✓

Measles ✓

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 ✓

Basil II ✓

Leo III ✓

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?

Corpus Juris Civilis ✓

Romulus Magnus ✓

Magna Carta ✓

Exules Siberiani ✓

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

The Muslims ✓

The Romans ✓

The Phoenicians ✓

The Greeks ✓

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?

The Persians ✓

The Franks ✓

The Normans ✓

The Ottomans ✓

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