Empire Exam Actual Questions and
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The Byzantine Empire is the -
correct answer ✅Eastern half of the Roman Empire.
In 286 CE, Emperor Diocletian -
correct answer ✅officially split the Roman Empire into the Eastern
and Western Empires - with the Western maintaining control over
the Eastern.... it was too large to manage effectively.
Constantinople -
correct answer ✅- was the capitol city to the east and founded by
Roman Emperor Constantine
- was built by Constantine on the site of the former Greek city
Byzantium
-it will be Europe's largest and wealthiest city with a population up
to 800,00 until the Italian Renaissance
What made the City of Constantinople very wealthy? -
correct answer ✅trade made the city very wealthy
, 6th Grade World History- Byzantine
Empire Exam Actual Questions and
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Describe the location of Constantinople. -
correct answer ✅- it sits on the Black Sea and controls all the trade
going from Europe into Asia
What kept Constantine safe? -
correct answer ✅City walls kept Constantine safe.
Emperor Justinian -
correct answer ✅the greatest of all the Byzantine Emperors. He
ruled from 527-565 CE.
Emperor Justinian married a powerful woman, -
correct answer ✅Theodora.
Emperor Justinian married Theodora in 523 and in 527 CE he -
correct answer ✅named her co-ruler.
Together, Emperor Justinian and Theodora create -
correct answer ✅the Justunian Code.