CIVILIZATION
ROMAN
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Question
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One of the greatest achievements of the Byzantine Empire was the building of the church called the
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Hippodrome
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Hagia Sophia
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Belisarius
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Tribonian
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It was built as a Christian church in the 6th century ce (532–537) under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I . In subsequent centuries it became a mosque, a museum, and a mosque again.
Detailed explanation-2: -It was built in the 6th century Constantinople, nowadays Istanbul, during the reign of Emperor Justinian I. Hagia Sophia was the most important ecclesiastical building of the Byzantine Empire.
Detailed explanation-3: -The church was dedicated to Theia Sophia, the second element of the Christian trinity, Holy Wisdom. The word Hagia Sophia, which was later named after, is composed of the words Aya (holy, saint) and Sophos (wisdom), meaning holy/divine wisdom.
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