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The Byzantine Empire began its separation from the main Roman Empire by becoming which of the following when Rome was divided?
The Eastern Roman Empire
The Western Roman Empire
The Southern Roman Empire
The Northern Roman Empire
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What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire?
Crimea
Macedon
Athens
Constantinople
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What Roman Emperor unofficially enacted the Byzantine Empire's future by first establishing his empire's capital at Constantinople?
Constantine
Tiberius Caesar
Augustus Caesar
Chaluphus
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The area of the Byzantine Empire was given its name because it occupied the area that was formerly what Greek colony?
Byzantus
Byzantioch
Byzantium
Byzant
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Once the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire split off from the Western Roman Empire, what man became its first independent Emperor?
Victor
Valentia
Valens
Vestus
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Over time, the Byzantines further differentiated themselves from the original Roman Empire by no longer speaking Latin. What language did they mostly start speaking after Latin?
Turkish
Greek
Spanish
Italian
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In what year did the Council of Chalcedon declare that the Byzantine Emperor was a religious patriarch in addition to being a King?
451
537
556
590
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What is the name of this famous cathedral which still stands as a monument to Byzantine art?
Haotep Virgilus
Febreu Dominum
Claudius Magnus
Hagia Sophia
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Another aspect of the Byzantine Empire that separated it from the Roman Empire was their religion, a denomination of Catholicism that became what modern religion?
The Lutheran Church
The Eastern Orthodox Church
The Methodist Church
The Baptist Church
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What Byzantine Emperor managed in the 6th Century to reconquer much of the fallen Roman Empire even though those lands would be lost shortly after his death?
Stephen II
Renaros I
Justinian I
Claudias II
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At the end of one of its high points, the Byzantine Empire controlled Jerusalem until it was conquered by what other civilization?
The Persian Empire
The Rashidun Caliphate
The Western Roman Empire
The Hunnic Empire
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What is the name of the religious movement that centered on the belief that symbols were disrespectful to the gods they represented and should, therefore, be destroyed?
Egalitarianism
Nepotism
Casporism
Iconoclasm
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What Byzantine Emperor began the first movement of Iconoclasm?
Leo III
Albin IV
Stephen III
Michael I
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The final Byzantine Iconoclasm ended under the regency rule of what Empress in 843?
Theodora
Elenora
Kellisen
Regina
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Another important facet of Byzantine society was their monastic tradition. What is the name of the Geek holy mountain that is famous for its monasteries that have been in operation since the original Byzantine Empire?
Mount Velassius
Mount Athos
Mount Francis
Mount Manius
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The main cause of the First Crusade was the letter sent by which Byzantine Emperor to the Pope asking for soldiers to repel a Turkish advance?
Belghast II
Orion IV
Fernand III
Alexius I
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What was the name of the Pope who answered Alexius's call for soldiers and began the First Crusade as a result?
Sixtus I
Benedict XI
Dominic I
Urban II
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A major source of tensions between the Byzantine forces and the Pope's soldiers in the First Crusade was how the Byzantine army returned home after capturing what territory while the crusaders pushed on?
Nicea
Jerusalem
Jordan
Persia
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During which crusade did tensions grow so hostile between the Byzantines and the crusaders that the crusaders actually pillaged Constantinople?
The Fourth Crusade
The Third Crusade
The Second Crusade
The First Crusade
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In the modern day, the land that was once the Byzantine Empire is now what country?
Chad
Liberia
Iran
Turkey
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Constantinople is now what modern city?
Adana
Atalya
Istanbul
Izmir
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What was the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire?
The Hotellus
The Palaiologos
The Mennuetos
The Xandres
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What was the name of the gold coin that was used as a basic currency for most of the Byzantine Empire's lifespan?
Shillings
Castus
Solidus
Shekel
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In their lifespan, the Byzantines would fight multiple wars against what empire of Persia?
The Sasanian Empire
The Corsaian Empire
The Hunnic Empire
The Sumerian Empire
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Emperor John V of Byzantine was actually jailed in what city which he was visiting to secure funds for the crumbling Empire?
Rome
Venice
Florence
Naples
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The Byzantine-Sasanian War of 602-628 began with the assassination of what Byzantine Emperor?
Justinian III
Miran III
Charles II
Maurice I
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Toward the end of its lifespan, the Byzantine Empire was forced to become a vassal territory to what Empire that would eventually conquer them?
The Indian Empire
The Egyptian Empire
Morocco
The Ottoman Empire
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In the 10th and 11th Centuries, Byzantine art flourished thanks to a Renaissance in which region?
Adira
Sicily
Macedon
Croatia
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In what year did Constantinople and, by extension, the rest of the Byzantine Empire fall to an Ottoman invasion?
1422
1453
1488
1509
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What famous Ottoman Emperor was the one who led this ultimate conquest of the Byzantine Empire?
Hesir the Conqueror
Mehmed the Conqueror
Ali the Conqueror
Suleiman the Conqueror
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What territory, which is modern day Crimea, was the last Byzantine state to fall to the Ottoman conquest?
Macedon
Theodoro
Adira
Cyprus
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