1. constructed the city of Constantinople = Constantine I Prior to being renamed as Constantinople, this city was called Byzantium. However, when Constantine I came to the throne, he decided to name the city after himself - thus, Constantinople was born in 330 AD. Constantinople is today's Istanbul, the most populous city in Turkey. 2. created a code from which the Byzantine Empire derives its laws = Justinian I Emperor Justinian I wanted to reform his empire, which is why he came up with a set of laws known as the Justinian Code in the 6th century. He wanted to revise the old Roman law and incorporate new ideas and rules into a new set of rules. 3. resolved the conflict between the empire and the church by restoring the use of icons = Empress Theodora Theodora was the wife of Emperor Theophilos, a staunch iconoclast, meaning he supported the banning of icons. On the other hand, his wife fought for reinstatement of icons into churches, after which she was venerated as a saint.
The Monroe Doctrine is the best known U.S. policy toward the Western Hemisphere. Buried in a routine annual message delivered to Congress by President James Monroe in December 1823, the doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.
