Bye Bye Byzantines
The ancestors of the Byzantines
What is the Roman Empire?
Name for the splitting of the Church
What is The Great Schism?
Invaders caused many people to live behind walls and serve local lords by farming
What is Manorialism?
% of Europe that fell to the Plague
What is 30%-50%?
This prophet began the religion of Islam after learning that he was chosen by Allah
Who is Muhammed?
The Christian Emperor
Who is Constantine?
This Church in Western Europe still follows the authority of the Pope
What is the Catholic Church?
The system in which kings retained power through alliances with nobles and the service of lower classes
What is Feudalism?
The function of the plague doctor mask
What is to keep away the "miasma" which carried disease?
This is how Muslims feel about Christians and Jews
What is they respect them because they all worship the same God?
Emperor who divided Rome in two
Who is Diocletian?
These pictures of religious figures were not allowed in the Eastern Orthodox faith
What are idols?
Holy wars conducted by the Catholic church to reclaim the city of Jerusalem
What are the Crusades?
DAILY DOUBLE
The two ways in which the Bubonic plague spread
What are overland trade routes and on ships traveling from Asia?
This holy city is where Muhammed was born, where he conquered, and where Muslims today journey to pray
What is Mecca?
DAILY DOUBLE
Four cultures that merged into Byzantium
What are Roman, GREEK, ARABIAN, and Slavic?
Catholic service are conducted in Latin. This is the language of Eastern Orthodox services
What is Greek?
The only group of people left that were able to reliably read and write
What are priests?
Religious reason that was blamed for the plague
What is a lack of faith? (Antisemitism)
The two groups of Muslims who differ in their belief of who should lead
What are the Sunnis and the Shiites (Shias)?
The eventual victors over the Byzantines (used cannons to attack Constantinople)
What is The Ottoman Empire?
The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church (think a title for something that feminists speak out against)
What is the Patriarch?
The last "Great" hope for Europe to unite
Who is Charlemagne? Charles the Great
The Mongols oversaw this major trade route which helped spread the plague from Asia
What is the Silk Road?
The Five Pillars of Islam (tell me their actions, don't worry about the names)
What are declaration of faith, daily prayer, charity, fasting, and pilgrimage to Mecca?