The Bezant

question 5

Multiple Choice

The bezant

• A) was the hereditary line of priests that dominated the Byzantine religious and social worlds.
• B) headed the Byzantine banking industry.
• C) was the Byzantine gold coin that became the standard currency in the Mediterranean basin.
• D) was one of the two main factions inside Constantinople.
• E) was the Byzantine class of nobles who blocked imperial centralization.

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