Which Byzantine empress finally ended the second iconoclasm in 843?
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Empress Theodora
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Which Byzantine empress finally ended the second iconoclasm in 843?
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Empress Theodora
Which Byzantine emperor usurped the throne in 602, triggering a war with Sassanid Persia?
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Phocas
Which Byzantine empress convened the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 to restore icons?
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Irene of Athens
Which ancient Egyptian obelisk stands in the Hippodrome of Constantinople?
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Obelisk of Theodosius
What was the name of the Byzantine system of military provinces?
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Theme system
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Which Byzantine empress convened the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 to restore icons?
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Irene of Athens
Which ancient Egyptian obelisk stands in the Hippodrome of Constantinople?
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Obelisk of Theodosius
What was the name of the Byzantine system of military provinces?
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Theme system
Which Byzantine emperor was on the throne during the Great Schism of 1054?
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Constantine IX Monomachos
What is the name of the legal code compiled under Justinian I?
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Corpus Juris Civilis
What Greek title meaning 'king' did Byzantine emperors adopt?
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Basileus
What was the name of the chariot-racing stadium in Constantinople?
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Hippodrome of Constantinople
What event in 1204 temporarily ended the Byzantine Empire and created the Latin Empire?
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Fourth Crusade