What did the Byzantines call themselves? Where did the term "Byzantine" come from? What city was the historic capital city of the Byzantine Empire? - What was the Romanitas Period in Byzantine history? Why was it called that? Which Emperor tried to literally recreate the Roman Empire? What was the Hagia Sophia? - What were the levels of education in the Byzantine Empire? What was the highest level school in the empire? Which Byzantine Emperor officially ended the Romanitas Period? What changes did that very same emperor make for the empire? - What was the outcome of the Sassanid-Byzantine War between 602 an

Answer: The answers are:

1-What did the Byzantines call themselves? Romans (romanties)

2-Where did the term "Byzantine" come from? old roman village that was invented from the byzantine.

3-What city was the historic capital city of the Byzantine Empire?-Constantinople

4-What was the Romanitas Period in Byzantine history? - development of roman-style educational system.

5 - Why was it called that?

6-Which Emperor tried to literally recreate the Roman Empire? Justinian I; initiated legal and religious reforms; constructed costly buildings in constantinople.

7-What was the Hagia Sophia? It was The Church of the Holy Wisdom built at Constantinople.

8-What were the levels of education in the Byzantine Empire? Primary, Secondary, Imperial

9-What was the highest level school in the empire?- - imperial; only located in capital (one existed); important fields doctors, lawyers, philosophers

10-Which Byzantine Emperor officially ended the Romanitas Period?--Emperor Heraklius I

11-What changes did that very same emperor make for the empire?

changes school curriculum from learning latin grammer to greek; changes state language to greek; changes title of emperor to basileus (greek for king)

12-What was the outcome of the Sassanid-Byzantine War between 602 and 628.--Jerusalem is sacked by the persians; in retaliation Ctesiphon is sacked by byzantine troops; cripples the byzantine/persian empire

Explanation:

1-The Byzantine Empire was a vast and powerful civilization. Roman emperor Constantine I dedicated a "New Rome" on the site of the ancient Greek colony of Byzantium.

2-The term "Byzantine" derives from Byzantium, an ancient Greek colony founded by a man named Byzas.

3-Roman Emperor Constantine chose Byzantium as the site of a "New Rome" with an eponymous capital city.

4-Byzantines developed their own political systems, religious practices, art and architecture, which, although significantly influenced by the Greco-Roman cultural tradition.

5 - Because of the sense of Roman Identity

6-Justinian had a goal of re-uniting the Roman Empire.

7-Many great monuments of the empire would be built under Justinian, including the spectacular domed Church of Holy Wisdom.

8-There were three stages of education.

9-There was a school under the control of the patriarch of Constantinople

10 - Heraclious favored the Greel and considered the Latin a thing of the past.

11-He reorganized and strengthened the imperial administration and the imperial armies.

12-The Sasanians, capturing and sacking a number of cities as part of a larger goal of exacting tribute and land from the Romans.