Islamic Civilization
What is "holy war" in Islam?
jihad
Who were the Varangians?
Swedish Norsemen who took political control of Russia
What was the name for the uprising that Justinian crushed?
Nika Revolt
Which religion threatened the Byzantine Empire through the invasion of the Turkish people?
Islam
What is the finest example of Byzantine architecture?
Hagia Sophia
What is the best example of Muslim architecture?
mosques
What was the largest ethnic group living in early Russia?
Slavs
Who was Justinian's wife?
Theodora
Muslims pray toward and take pilgrimages to what city?
Mecca
The Muslim advance in Europe was stopped by the Battle of _______
Tours
What is the art of beautiful handwriting called?
calligraphy
What city on the Dnieper River was the center of the early Russian state?
Kiev
What Byzantine decorative art used tiny pieces of glass or stone set in wet cement or plaster?
mosaic
What is the term for depriving the individual of the sacraments and excluding him from the fellowship of the church?
excommunication
Who was known as the "Bulgar Slayer"?
Basil II
The Arabs trace their beginnings to
Ishmael
Under whose leadership did the did the city of Kiev and the early Russian state reach the height of its power and prestige?
Yaroslav
Whose army brought about the end of the Byzantine Empire by sacking Constantinople?
Ottoman Turks
Who established Orthodox Christianity as the state religion of Russia?
Vladimir I
What were early desert herdsmen nomads called?
He did not appoint a successor
What two Byzantine missionaries developed a written language for the Slavic people of Russia?
Cyril and Methodius
Provide another name or title that Constantinople has been known as.
New Rome, Queen of the Mediterranean, Byzantium
The Byzantine church became known as the
Eastern Orthodox Church
Initially, Muhammad was persecuted in Mecca because of fear that he would interfere with what?