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Chapter 10 vocabulary

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Iconoclastic controversy
debate between the opponents and defenders of icons
Steppe
a plain that is grassy and treeless
Excommunication
cant be a member of the church anymore
Dowry
money or goods a wife brought to a husband at marriage
"third rome"
What Russians proclaimed Moscow to be
Theodora
Justinian's wife
Heresy
opinion that conflicts with official church beliefs
Iconoclasts
beleived that having icons in church was the same as worshipping idols
Pravda Russika
Law code "Russian Justice"
Vladmir I
Ruler in 980's A.D
Cyril and Methodius
Christian Missionaries
Rurik
the ruler of the Rus people
Yarosalv the Wise
also known as Yarosalv I he built many churches and introduced the first law code
"Greek Fire"
Byzantine's navy ships were equipped with it
Taiga
has great forests and receives a lot of rainfall
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan was nicknamed this because he did bad and cruel acts
Czar
"Caesar"
Boyars
nobles
Icon
holy picture of Jesus, virgin mary or the saints
Polovtsy
Turkish people who interfered with Kiev's trade
Belisarius
general of army
Hagia Sophia
A church in Constantinople
Justinian code
Collection of laws divided into 4 parts
Ottoman Turks
rising asian power that was a threat to the byzantium empire
Mosaic
picture or design made from small things
Rus
the people that rurik ruled
Justinian
Emperor 527 A.D- 565 A.D
Vladimir Monomakh
Ruler from 1113 A.D - 1125 A.D
Ivan III
also known as Ivan the Great, ruled as the Great Prince

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