Western Civilization I / Unit 9 WC1 0806 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hagia Sophia
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The idea
Justinian built Hagia Sophia, the church of Holy Wisdom, in Constantinople, its vast dome the largest of its age and the model for Orthodox churches. It stood as the empire's spiritual center until fourteen fifty-three, when the Ottomans made it a mosque.
In practice
The witnesses name it thirty-nine times.
Where people slip
This entry rests on the witness texts. The anchor never names the building.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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