Byzantine Empire~The Eastern Roman Empire is also called Byzantine Empire.
Constantinople~The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Justinian~Emperor of the Byzantine empire who almost succeeded on capturing most of the Western half of the Roman empire.
Caesaropapism~A political religious system where the ruler is the god.
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Eastern Orthodox Christianity
~One of the largest version of Christianity in the world.
Icons
~Pictures that represented religious and cultural Greek.
Kievan Rus
~A state that emerged in Kiev.
Prince Vladimir of Kiev
~Ruler of Kievan Rus, changing it converting it into Christianity.
Charlemagne
~Ruler of the Carolingian Empire and also known as Charles the Great.
Holy Roman Empire
~Founded by the Ottos and flourished in the 12th century.
Roman Catholic Church
~Another version of Christianity where the Pope is above all, even kings, and is home of one of the biggest Churches in the world.
Western Christendom
~Establishments of small kingdoms to restore unity in Europe.
Crusaders
~Military expeditions where 3rd is the most famous crusade and the fourth as the craziest crusade.
European cities system of competing states
~Series of towns that created major networks of trade and where Feudalism began.
Aristotle and classic Greek learning
~European though was molded by great authors that infused Greek rationalism that served intellectual development.