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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 Eastern Roman Empire ✓
The Southern Roman Empire ✓
The Western Roman Empire ✓
The Northern 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?
Valentinian ✓
Theodosius ✓
Constantine ✓
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 ✓
Basil ✓
Alexios ✓
5. What was originally Hagia Sophia when it was built in 537?
Roman Catholic cathedral ✓
Byzantine Christian cathedral ✓
Mosque ✓
Museum ✓
6. Who was the first empress of the Byzantine Empire?
Irene ✓
Martha ✓
Sophia ✓
Livia ✓
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?
Tartessos ✓
Carthage ✓
Tarabulus ✓
Alexandria ✓
9. Which Byzantine emperor changed the official language of the empire from Latin to Greek?
Heraclius ✓
Justinian II ✓
Leontios ✓
Constantine III ✓
10. What terrible disease swept through the Byzantine Empire during Justinian's rule?
Yellow fever ✓
Bubonic plague ✓
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?
Basil II ✓
Alexios I Komnenos ✓
Michael VIII Palaiologos ✓
Leo III ✓
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 ✓
Exules Siberiani ✓
Magna Carta ✓
Romulus Magnus ✓
13. Who did the Byzantine Empire constantly fight with for control over the Holy Land and the eastern Mediterranean?
The Greeks ✓
The Romans ✓
The Phoenicians ✓
The Muslims ✓
14. In what year the city of Constantinople fell and ended the Byzantine Empire?
1453 ✓
1425 ✓
1444 ✓
1493 ✓
15. Which army stormed the city walls and the Byzantine Empire came to end?
The Ottomans ✓
The Normans ✓
The Persians ✓
The Franks ✓
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