Byzantine Civilization and Early Russia - Page 2

Questions
  • What language became the major language of the Byzantine Empire?
  • What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
  • Who posed an eastern threat to the Byzantine Empire?
  • How was war on the Eastern Front different than war on the Western Front?
  • Who moved the capitol of the Roman Empire to Constantinople?
  • How did Diocletian succeed in preserving the Roman empire?
  • What do historians mean when they refer to Greco-Roman culture?
  • Who was the greatest threat to lvan the Terrible (lvan IV) of Russia?
  • After which battle was Germany forced to retreat from the Soviet Union?
  • Why did Peter the Great believe that Russia's future depended on having a warm-water port?
  • Why was the Roman capital moved to Constantinople?
  • Why was there tension between the Byzantine emperors and the papacy?
  • What action of Russia prompted Germany to declare war?
  • Why was the Soviet Union unable to keep up with the market economies of the West?
  • What was Peter the Great's main reason for visiting the West?
  • The Byzantine Empire preserved what earlier cultures?
  • Why would Germans worry about the alliance between France and Russia?
  • What is the political significance of the Justinian mosaics of Ravenna?
  • What is westernization and who worked to westernize Russia?
  • Why did Nicholas II enter World War I?