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AP World History 9 Date: ___________________________ Dr. Afxendiou Unit 3: The Postclassical Era Chapter 10: Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox Europe Name: ____________________________________________________________________ Period: ______ Directions: Use the reading, your textbook, or internet sources to answer the following questions. Please give full and complete answers. QUESTIONS: 1. Who was Emperor Justinian and what were his achievements? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 2. Why did the Nika riots take place? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ 3. Describe the Hagia Sophia and explain why it was important. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________
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AP World History 9 Date: ___________________________Dr. Afxendiou Unit 3: The Postclassical Era
Chapter 10: Civilization in Eastern Europe: Byzantium and Orthodox EuropeName: ____________________________________________________________________ Period: ______
Directions: Use the reading, your textbook, or internet sources to answer the following questions. Please give full and complete answers.
QUESTIONS:
1. Who was Emperor Justinian and what were his achievements?
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2. Why did the Nika riots take place?
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3. Describe the Hagia Sophia and explain why it was important._______________________________________________________________________________________________
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4. Why do you think the Emperor Justinian put such emphasis in rebuilding the Hagia Sophia in such grand manner?
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5. Look at the images of the Hagia Sophia below. What do you think this structure expresses about the Byzantine state and economy and about the power of the emperor?
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Hagia Sophia with the minarets graphically removed – this is as it would have been seen during the Byzantine Empire
A dome in the Hagia Sophia church
