1) Constantinople: The capital of the Byzantine Empire.
2) Constantine: The first emperor to become a Christian.
3) Martyrs: Christians that died for their faith.
4) Icons: Pictures, images or statues of Jesus, Mary, or the saints.
5) Mosaics: Pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone. Mosaics mainly showed figures of saints.
6) The Justinian Code: A code of reformed laws.
7) Schism: A separation.
8) Iconoclast: Government officials who removed icons from churches.
9) Missionary: People that teach their religion to those who do not believe.
10) Excommunicate: To declare that a person or a group of people no longer belong to the church.
11) Monastery: Religious communities where men called monks banded together.
12) Saint: Christian holy people.
13) Regent: A person who stands in for a ruler who is too young or too ill to govern.
14) Justinian: Strong leader of the Byzantine empire from A.D. 527 to A.D.565.
15) Theodora: Emperor Justinian's wife, helped him run the empire and also helped save Justinian's throne.
2) Constantine: The first emperor to become a Christian.
3) Martyrs: Christians that died for their faith.
4) Icons: Pictures, images or statues of Jesus, Mary, or the saints.
5) Mosaics: Pictures made from many bits of colored glass or stone. Mosaics mainly showed figures of saints.
6) The Justinian Code: A code of reformed laws.
7) Schism: A separation.
8) Iconoclast: Government officials who removed icons from churches.
9) Missionary: People that teach their religion to those who do not believe.
10) Excommunicate: To declare that a person or a group of people no longer belong to the church.
11) Monastery: Religious communities where men called monks banded together.
12) Saint: Christian holy people.
13) Regent: A person who stands in for a ruler who is too young or too ill to govern.
14) Justinian: Strong leader of the Byzantine empire from A.D. 527 to A.D.565.
15) Theodora: Emperor Justinian's wife, helped him run the empire and also helped save Justinian's throne.
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