Title: World History
Author: Thorsen
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World History			Byzantines					Pierre Thorsen

pp. 188-94, 235-7										____/59

1. (2pts)  Who led the revival of the Eastern Roman Empire?

2. (2pts) What quality of the emperor helped bring about this revival? 

3. (2pts each) Name the two people the emperor wisely chose to assist him.

4. (2pts each) Name 3 of Justinian’s edicts that improved the status of women.

5. (2pts each) What was Theodora’s greatest contribution?

6. (3pts) How was Belisarius able to conquer Italy and North Africa again for the Byzantines?

7. (2pts each) Provide 4 methods of Byzantine FOREIGN policy. 

Start using the 2^nd reading (pgs. 235-7)

8. (2pts) What stable currency supported Western Europe?

9. (2pts) How did Byzantine gold serve in the West?

10. (2pts each) What economic career did the Byzantines encourage & what determined your wealth in Byzantium?

11. (2pts) What was the chief  industry in Constantinople?

12. (2pts each) Who took Asia Minor away from the Byzantines and what 3 things did the Byzantines lose when they lost this region?

13. (2pts each) Who took Constantinople and which Italian city-state paid for the catastrophe?

14. (2pts each) Who was put on the throne of Constantinople and what denomination were the Byzantines?

15. (2pts each) How did the pope take advantage of #13 and how long did it take for the Byzantines to throw out the Roman Catholics?

16. (2pts) Who specifically ended the Byzantine empire’s existence in 1453?