Hagia Sphia/Constantinople - Carlos Donnelly | Biblioteka

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The Nikka Riots occurred because ________.

Taxes were high, and peasants rebelled against the emperor

The iconoclasm occurred and worshippers became divided about how to worship icons

A plague broke out in the city

A group of chariot race fans overthrew Justinian

1

During the 4th crusade of the Latin Occupation ________.

The city became known as Istanbul

The dome of the Hagia Sophia collapsed during and earthquake

Many mosaics were looted or destroyed

None of the above

1

Which of the following statements about the Hagia Sophia is NOT true?

It was founded as Byzantium by Greek colonists

For a short time, the Hagia Sophia was converted into a synagogue

The Hagia Sophia was converted into a mosque after Mehmet’s conquest in 1453

It was renamed Augusta Antonia

1

Each of the calligraphic disks hung inside of the Hagia Sophia represent ________.

Mehmet II’s conquest of the city

The beginning of the Ottoman Empire

The Qu’ran

The rightful caliphs or rulers after the death of Muhammad

1

Mustafa Kemal became the modernizing president of Turkey and he ________.

Established the Hagia Sophia as a Christian Church, as it had been during the time of the Roman conquest

Removed the 4 outer minaret towers

Allowed for open Islamic worship inside the Hagia Sophia

Established the Hagia Sophia as a secular museum

1

The capital of the Roman Empire was moved to Constantinople in the 4th century because

the East was more stable than the West.

it was a hub of major trade routes.

the Emperor Constantine was born there.

Both A and B

1

The most formidable part of Constantinople’s defenses was

The Great Moat

The Outer Wall

The Inner Wall

The Military Gates

1

When Attila the Hun saw the Walls of Constantinople he

Turned around without attacking

Ordered cannons to barrage the weakest point

Tried to dig under them

Diverted a river to sail his ships over the moat

1

The Walls of Constantinople were finally breached by

An access gate left open by mistake

Turkish cannons

Arab battering rams

Treachery

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The fall of Constantinople

Resulted in a mass exodus of Greeks from Asia

Marked the end of the Russian Empire

Led to the formation of modern Greece

Ignited the Renaissance