Byzantium Quiz: Thrones and Domes
7 questions on a medieval empire of emperors, monks, sieges and sailors.
- Questions
7 - Length
About 4 min
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- Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine Empire, is which city today?
- What did the Byzantines first build Hagia Sophia as?
- What did Byzantine artists make this from?
- Put these moments in Byzantine history in order, earliest first.
- Monks are said to have smuggled what to the Byzantine emperor Justinian?
- The dome of Hagia Sophia is over 30 meters wide. About how high is its top above the floor?
- Why did enemy sailors fear the Byzantine weapon called Greek fire?