Hagia Sophia

Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/hagia-sophia

Step 2 · Questions

1. 1. How tall is Hagia Sophia?

2. 2. What is the location?

3. 3. What is the original construction year?

4. 4. What does the name "Hagia Sophia" mean?

5. 5. Why was Hagia Sophia built so big?

Step 3 · Words to know

Write what each word means, using the article.

• Byzantine Architecture

• Pendentives

• Iconography

• Mihrab

Step 4 · Two facts in your own words

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.