Which Byzantine emperor wrote the manual 'De Administrando Imperio'?
Answer
Constantine VII
98891 Intermediate Trivia Questions
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Which 1071 battle saw Byzantine emperor Romanos IV captured by the Seljuk Turks?
Answer
Battle of Manzikert
Which Byzantine empress finally ended the second iconoclasm in 843?
Answer
Empress Theodora
Which Byzantine empress convened the Second Council of Nicaea in 787 to restore icons?
Answer
Irene of Athens
Which ancient Egyptian obelisk stands in the Hippodrome of Constantinople?
Answer
Obelisk of Theodosius
What was the name of the Byzantine system of military provinces?
Answer
Theme system
Which Byzantine emperor was on the throne during the Great Schism of 1054?
Answer
Constantine IX Monomachos
What is the name of the legal code compiled under Justinian I?
Answer
Corpus Juris Civilis
Which large underground cistern in Constantinople was built by Justinian?
Answer
Basilica Cistern
What calendar, counting years from the creation of the world, was used in Byzantium?
Answer
Byzantine calendar
What was the primary warship of the Byzantine navy?
Answer
Dromon
What cultural revival occurred under the Macedonian dynasty in the 9th-10th centuries?
Answer
Macedonian Renaissance
Which Byzantine successor state was founded in 1204 and survived until 1461?
Answer
Empire of Trebizond
Which Arab siege of Constantinople was repelled in 718?
Answer
Second Arab siege of Constantinople
Which 636 battle ended Byzantine control of Syria?
Answer
Battle of Yarmouk
Which revolt in 532 nearly overthrew Emperor Justinian I?
Answer
Nika riots
Which Byzantine emperor retook Constantinople from the Latin Empire in 1261?
Answer
Michael VIII Palaiologos
Which alphabet is named for a Byzantine missionary saint to the Slavs?
Answer
Cyrillic alphabet
Which official helped compile Justinian's Digest and Code?
Answer
Tribonian
Which council in 451 defined the Chalcedonian doctrine followed by Byzantium?
Answer
Council of Chalcedon
Which pandemic first struck the Byzantine Empire in 541?
Answer
Plague of Justinian
Which battle in 1071 was a major Byzantine defeat by the Seljuk Turks?
Answer
Battle of Manzikert
Which Byzantine empress restored the veneration of icons in 787?
Answer
Irene of Athens
What state-controlled industry was a major source of Byzantine wealth?
Answer
Silk monopoly
What event in 1204 greatly weakened the Byzantine Empire?
Answer
Fourth Crusade
Which Byzantine emperor codified Roman law in the Corpus Juris Civilis?
Answer
Justinian I
What was the largest hippodrome in the Byzantine Empire?
Answer
Hippodrome of Constantinople
What was the name of the Mongol campaign that destroyed the Khwarazmian Empire?
Answer
Invasion of Khwarezmia
Which Mongol ruler established the Ilkhanate in Persia?
Answer
Hulagu
What type of bow was used by Mongol archers?
Answer
Composite bow
Which Ilkhan converted to Islam in 1295?
Answer
Ghazan
Which Japanese typhoons saved Japan from Mongol invasions?
Answer
Kamikaze
What script did Genghis Khan adopt for writing the Mongol language?
Answer
Uyghur script
What was the first capital of the Ilkhanate?
Answer
Maragheh
Who was the Yuan commander at the Battle of Yamen?
Answer
Zhang Hongfan
At which river did Genghis Khan defeat Jalal ad-Din in 1221?
Answer
Indus River
What was the title of the Mongol rulers in Persia?
Answer
Ilkhan