When was that?
Clovis, king of the Franks, converted to Christianity in this year.
What is 496?
Founder of Islam
Who was Mohammed?
Byzantine empress who bought protection from Harun-al-Rashid
Who was Irene?
Roman general who reconquered North Africa
Who was Belisarius?
Thou shalt not hear, though shalt see my reply.
Who was Harun-al-Rashid?
The battle of Tours/Poitiers was in this year.
What is 732?
Holy book of the Muslims
What is the Koran?
minor battle
What is a skirmish?
Muslim general defeated at the battle of Tours
Who was Abd-er-Rahman?
"Long live Charles Augustus, Emperor of the Romans."
Who was Pope Leo III?
Justinian's first codex of Roman law was issued in this year.
What is 529?
Islamic place of worship
What is a mosque?
to seize another's power
What is usurp?
Frank who defeated the Muslims at Tours ending Muslim expansion in Europe
Who was Charles Martel?
"I have given my promise and I must keep it."
Who was Mohammed?
The Hejira/date of Mohammed's flight from Mecca/the beginning of the Islamic calendar
What is 622?
The leader of an Islamic state
What is a caliph?
one who poses as what he is not
What is an imposter?
Emperor who reconquered Rome and North Africa for the Roman Empire
Who was Justinian?
"Tell the Empress that I will spare Constantinople if she will pay me 70,000 pieces of gold in a yearly tribute."
Who was Harun-al-Rashid?
Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans in this year.
What is 800?
A tower for calling to prayer
What is a minaret?
The first convert to Islam (hint: founder's wife)
Who was Khadijah?
Chief of the Saxons defeated by Charlemagne
Who was Wittekind?
"She ought to have made you pay tribute to her."
Who was Nicephorus?