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Ancient Greek and Roman works and ideas that were preserved by the Byzantine and Islamic empires
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Name for the Eastern Roman Empire after the Western Empire fell. Controlled Greece and Asia Minor.
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Church led by the Patriarch in Constantinople. Religion of the Byzantines and Russians
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Capital of the Byzantine Empire until Ottoman Turks conquered it and renamed it Istanbul
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Simplification of Roman law that became the basis for European law for 900 years
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Western Church led by the Pope in Rome. Had services in Latin.
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Domed church in Constantinople built by Justinian
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Head of the Orthodox Church. Appointed and controlled by the Byzantine emperor.
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Alphabet invented by a Byzantine missionary that is used today in Slavic languages such as Russian
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Prophet and founder of Islam
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Idea in the Roman Catholic Church that religious leaders should not be married.
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The traditional language of a church service: Catholics used Latin, Orthodox used Greek
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Art made of tiles that was used in public and religious structures in the Byzantine and Islamic empires
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Head of the Roman Catholic Church. Claimed authority over kings.
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