Islam
Characteristics of life in the Arabian peninsula
Hot, dry, little arable land, nomadic
The Byzantine empire was the ______ Roman empire.
Eastern
Division grows between the western and eastern Church until it finally splits in 1054. What does the church in the east become?
Orthodox Church
Who comes to power after the death of the last rightly guided caliph?
The Umayyads
The Byzantine empire believed themselves to be carrying on the heritage and tradition of what?
The Roman empire
Which group of people had the biggest empire in history?
The Mongols
Who overthrows the Umayyads?
The Abbasids
Why does Muhammad and his followers leave Mecca?
Elites are hostile to his message, don't want him to undermine Mecca as a place of pilgrimage for many faiths
What was the Justinian Code?
A single uniform law code for the Byzantine empire, based on 400 years of Roman law.
What religion shaped early Russia?
Orthodox Christianity
What do Muslims believe about Jews and Christians?
"People of the book", the Jews received the first message from God and the Christians received the second while the Muslims received the third and final one.
The Five Pillars of Islam.
What was the Nika Rebellion and how did it end?
Riot against the government because people felt the government had been too harsh putting down a previous riot of Hippodrome fans. Army slaughters 30,000 rioters.
What causes the split between the Sunni and the Shi'a?
Power struggle after the death of the last rightly guided caliph. Sunni believe that caliph does not need to be related to Muhammad, Shi'a believe that he does.
Name two factors in the weakening and collapse of the Byzantine empire.
Plague, foreign attacks
What are three reasons why Muslim expansion was so successful?
-- Powerful military
-- Fighting weakened empires
-- Conquered people sometimes welcomed Muslim rule due to religious tolerance of Muslims