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The Byzantine Empire Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
What contributed to the rise and fall of the Byzantine Empire? -
correct answer ✅Justinian I, The Great Schism, Fall of the empire


Justinian I (483-565)


Halo, beaded crown, blue, orange, two earrings, robe


Mosaic -
correct answer ✅Considered to be one of the greatest Byzantine
Empire emperors BECAUSEEEE....


Tried to conquer all the territories of the former Roman Empire


Created the Justinian Code


Byzantine Empire 517-1360 CE -
correct answer ✅it had lands all the way out to Anatolia, or Asia


controlled most of Greece up to the Danube River.

, The Byzantine Empire Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
southern Italy


Justinian's Code -
correct answer ✅Justinian organized the laws of the Byzantine
Empire to create Justinian's Code.


This code updated the existing Roman code of law


Justinian created an outline of how the Byzantine legal system
worked.


Theodora (497-548) -
correct answer ✅Considered the most powerful woman in
Byzantine history


was Justinian's most trusted adviser


passed laws protecting women's rights


one law that she was able to push through was the ability for
women to divorce their husbands.