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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 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?
Christianity
Islam
Hindu
Paganism
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
Alexios
Basil
5. What was originally Hagia Sophia when it was built in 537?
Roman Catholic cathedral
Museum
Mosque
Byzantine Christian cathedral
6. Who was the first empress of the Byzantine Empire?
Irene
Livia
Martha
Sophia
7. Which Byzantine emperor was known as the Bulgar-Slayer?
Leo III
Alexius
Basil II
Nicephorus
8. The Arabs destroyed which city in North Africa and ended the Byzantine rule?
Carthage
Alexandria
Tartessos
Tarabulus
9. Which Byzantine emperor changed the official language of the empire from Latin to Greek?
Constantine III
Justinian II
Leontios
Heraclius
10. What terrible disease swept through the Byzantine Empire during Justinian's rule?
Measles
Yellow fever
Bubonic plague
Influenza
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
Michael VIII Palaiologos
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?
Romulus Magnus
Magna Carta
Corpus Juris Civilis
Exules Siberiani
13. Who did the Byzantine Empire constantly fight with for control over the Holy Land and the eastern Mediterranean?
The Muslims
The Greeks
The Romans
The Phoenicians
14. In what year the city of Constantinople fell and ended the Byzantine Empire?
1493
1453
1425
1444
15. Which army stormed the city walls and the Byzantine Empire came to end?
The Ottomans
The Franks
The Normans
The Persians
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