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emperor of the Byzantine empire from 527 - 565 ce
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Justinian
emperor of the Byzantine empire from 527 - 565 ce
Justinian's Code
a collection of laws that includes the laws of ancient Rome and decrees by Roman emperors
patriarch
the highest church official in the Byzantine empire
icons
holy images
varangians
the name given to Vikings in Russia
Vladimir
ruler of Kiev who converted to Christianity and imported cultural influences from Byzantium
golden horde
the name of the mongol empire in Russia that defeated and ruled the Russians for 240 years
Ivan the Great
king of moscow from 1462 - 1505 who brought much of northern Russia under his rule
boyars
landowning nobles in Russia
magyars
an ethnic group that migrated into Europe from the Asian steppes and settled in Hungary
schism
permanent split between the Orthodox and Catholic Churches
excommunication
depriving someone of membership in a religious community
autocrat
sole ruler with complete authority
Hagia Sophia
large domed church built by Justinian in Constantinople
Cyrillic
adaptation of the Greek alphabet to the Slavic languages of Eastern Europe
oprichniki
agents of Ivan the Terrible who enforced his will
czar
Russian word for caesar
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