Glossary - Section 10.1_Part_2

What is the term for religious pictures or statues used in worship?

What do you call members of a movement calling for the destruction of images of Jesus, Mary, and the saints because they were believed to violate the Second Commandment of the Hebrew Bible?

What dynasty of rulers (750–1258) ruled a united empire from their capital at Baghdad until the empire fragmented in 945?

Who is the ruler of an empire called?

What is the name of a district or province in the Byzantine Empire that combined both military and civilian authority under one official, called a strategos (general), and where soldiers were granted land in exchange for military service?

What is the famous structure in Istanbul, Turkey (formerly Constantinople) known for its huge dome, originally built as a Christian cathedral by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I in 537 CE?

What is a severe, often deadly, infectious disease that can spread rapidly through a population, such as the Justinian Plague that killed millions in the Byzantine Empire?

What is the sudden start or increase of something harmful or dangerous, most often used to describe the rapid spread of a disease in a specific area and time?

What were groups of people who lived in Northern and Central Europe during ancient and early medieval times, not part of the Roman Empire at first, but came into contact with it through trade, migration, and conflict?

What was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, originally known as Byzantium and later renamed Istanbul, that fell to the Ottoman Turks in 1453, marking the end of the Byzantine Empire?