The Byzantine Empire 330 AD -1453 AD Constantine -Roman Emperor who split the Empire into two parts -rebuilt the old Greek city _____________ and renamed it ____________________ Constantinople -located on key _____________ routes -blended ____________, ____________, _________________ cultures -built ______________________ and the church, the ______________________ The Great Schism -in a disagreement over leadership and the use of icons members of the Roman Catholic Church split off and formed __________________________