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