Absolutely Byzantine
Who is Justinian?
He is the central prophet and founder of Islam.
Who is Mohammed?
This was the official split between Catholic and Orthodox Churches, in which both sides declared the others teachings as anathema.
What is the Great Schism?
In feudal Japan, actual control of the military was held by this position, and would not the emperor.
Who is the Shogun?
Charles the Great was briefly ruler of this, one of the last times Western Europe would be united under a single government for centuries.
What is the Holy Roman Empire?
While the Greeks used this term to mean anyone who didn't speak Greek, the Romans meant it as anyone who wasn't Roman/
What is a barbarian?
This government, derived from the Arabic word for successor arose after the death of Islam's founder, and went on to conquer Persia, North Africa and Spain.
What is the Caliphate/Caliph?
The first of the so-called barbarian kingdoms to convert to Christianity were these.
Who are the Franks?
A religious practice in which a holy man or medicine man acts as an intermediary that channels the power of the gods through rituals. It is common in traditional Vietnamese, Chinese and Native American faiths.
What is Shamanism?
These organizations dominated the trade in medieval towns, training new members and setting rules against competition.
What are guilds?
These illuminated images of saints and religious figures became a central part of the Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, and a major sticking point with the Catholic Church.
What are icons?
This conflict led to the collapse of Arabic control of the Middle East and eventual Turkish dominance, which would last until 1918.
What is the Crusades?
In order to better control the growing Church, the Pope created these districts, each controlled by a bishop or arch-bishop and modelled off of the Roman Empire.
What is a diocese?
This animistic religion still practiced in Japan holds that the Emperor is a divine descendant of the Sun Goddess.
What is Shinto?
As a result of the 3rd Crusade, this document created a proto-parliament in England, and limited the power of the Norman royalty to abuse the Saxon nobility.
What is the Magna Carta?
This synod of Bishops codified Christianity, including the creation of its official creed, the canon of the Bible and the official position of the bishop of Rome.
What is the Council of Nicaea?
This sect of Islam is largely ethnically Arab, and arose due to the belief that the next ruler of the Empire after Abu Bakr be chosen in the traditional manner of a council of Sheikhs
Who/What are the Sunni?
These members of the laity were vital as early church missionaries, record-keepers and heroes in the low middle ages.
Who are monks?
In the wake of throwing off Chinese and Mongolian rule, the two Kingdoms of Vietnam were merged into this singular kingdom:
What is the Great Viet?
This pivotal battle marked the end of Islamic expansion into Europe.
What is the Battle of Tours?
The Plague of Justinian, which devastated the Byzantine Empire, was likely the first instance of this disease arriving in Europe.
What is the Black Plague/Black Death?
Though not considered a sacred text in Islam, this book about Mohammed's life is still considered an important text regarding how Muslims should live their daily lives.
What is the Hadith?
This philosophy from Thomas Aquinas argued for greater critical thinking and investigation, and led to the founding of Universities across Europe by the Church.
What is Scholasticism?
Who are the chonmin?
By the 14th Century, Europe saw the beginnings of this, marked by the growth of nation-states, early capitalism and civil government.
What is modernity?