Fall of Rome
Describe inflation.
Prices rise while wages stay the same
Capital of the Byzantine empire.
Constantinople
Who is the head of the Catholic church?
Pope
What is the Islam holy book?
The Quran
List two innovations created by the Mesopotamians
Laws, written language, boats, sails, the wheel, irrigation, mass agriculture, etc.
Shortages of what item caused the people living under the Roman empire to lose faith that the Roman government could care for them?
food
Famous church in Constantinople. Served as an Eastern Orthodox church, Catholic church, Mosque, and museum.
Hagia Sophia
What is the name of the written language of the Slavs?
Cyrillic alphabet
Followers of Muhammad
Muslims
Describe a peninsula.
A land form with water surrounding on three sides.
What happened to the Western Roman empire?
It fell while the east survived
List the accomplishments of Theodora
first empress, expanded women's rights, punished people who assaulted women
What is the major difference between EOC and RCC priests?
EOC priests can marry and RCC priests cannot.
Mohammad's birthplace and holy land for Muslims.
Mecca
Which ancient civilization figured out how many days are in a year?
What finally caused the western Roman empire to fall?
Barbarian invasions
List the accomplishments of Justinian.
Expanded the Byzantine empire, established a new code of law, spread Christianity.
Who is head of the Eastern Orthodox Church?
Byzantine emperor/patriarchs
Type of art style that focuses on writing.
Calligraphy
River that Rome was founded on
the Tiber river
What is the name of the barbarian tribe that would later become the French?
the Franks
What was the name of the revolt that almost ruined Justinian's reign?
Nika Revolt
What are the two main ways that Christianity was spread to eastern Europe?
War and missionaries
List the 5 reasons why Islam spread so quickly.
Education, religion, art, conquest, trade
I think the world can be explained by numbers, and I am still brought up in math classes today. Who am I?
Pythagoras