The Byzantines
This city was built on an easily fortified site on a peninsula bordered by natural harbors.
What is "Constantinople?"
This is the language of the Eastern Orthodox Church.
What is "Greek?"
This person is the founder of Islam.
Who is "Muhammad?"
These people were the most powerful of the Germanic tribes after the fall of Rome.
Who are the "Franks?"
This is the language of the western church (Catholic).
What is "Latin?"
This is the art style most associated with the Byzantines.
What is a "mosaic?"
This is the separation between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
What is the "Great Schism?"
This is the holy book of Islam.
What is the "Qur'an? "
These people were explorers, pirates, and warriors from Scandinavia.
Who are the "Vikings?"
The Catholic church is centered here.
What is "Rome?"
This Byzantine emperor was responsible for the codification of Roman law, reconquest of former Roman territories, and the expansion of trade.
Who is "Justinian?"
This city took over as the center of the Orthodox Church after the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
What is "Moscow?"
These outline the duties of all practicing Muslims.
What are the "Five Pillars?"
He was the greatest of the Frankish rulers.
Who is "Charlemagne?"
This person crowned Charlemagne the first emperor of the Franks.
Who is the "Pope?"
This is an iconic church that was constructed by the Byzantines.
What is the "Hagia Sophia?"
Orthodox missionaries brought this alphabet to the Eastern Slavic people.
What is the "Cyrillic alphabet?"
These people are the reason for the early spread of Islam.
Who are "merchants?"
Vassals were granted these by the lords that they served.
What is a "fief?"
This argument is what led to the schism within the church dividing it between the east and west.
What is the "authority of the Pope?"
This was the means in which Greek and Roman knowledge was preserved by the Byzantines.
What are "libraries?"
These are the heads of the Orthodox Church.
Who are the "Patriarchs?"
These were centers for preserving knowledge.
What are "houses of wisdom?"
Classical heritage of Rome, Christian beliefs, and customs of Germanic tribes.
What are the "foundations of early medieval society?"
The Angles, Saxons, and Magyars developed this after converting to Christianity.
What is "literacy?"