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What is the significance of the story of the monks smuggling the silkworm eggs to Byzantium? |
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What elements did Byzantium inherit from the Roman Empire that helped it to survive? |
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Describe the Byzantine form of government. |
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What was the significance of Justinian's Body of Civil Law? |
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What were the consequences of the rise of the Islamic empire for Byzantium? |
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What was the theme system? How did it work? Why was it so successful? What led to its demise? |
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What economic advantages did the Byzantine Empire possess? |
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Trace the development of the Byzantine church to the schism. What caused the schism? |
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What kinds of problems eventually led to the constriction and fall of the Byzantine Empire? |
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What was the relationship between the Byzantines and the Slavic people, including the Russians? |
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