Those Crazy Byzantines
Manor Life
Gettin' All Churchey
Islamic Empires
To the Holy Land!
100
The Byzantine Empire was formed from the eastern half of this fallen classical empire.
What is the Roman Empire
100
This is the name given to a piece of land offered in exchange for food or military service during the Middle Ages.
What is a fief?
100
The religious head of the Roman Catholic church.
Who is the Pope?
100
This is the primary prophet of the Islamic faith.
Who is Muhammad?
100
This is the name given to a series of three wars fought between Christians and Muslims over control of the holy land.
What are the Crusades?
200
This man, who reigned from 527 to 565 C.E. is widely considered to be the greatest of all Byzantine emperors.
Who is Justinian?
200
This noble was considered to be a vassal to the King.
Who is the Lord?
200
This the name given to religious pictures and statues that depict Jesus Christ.
What are icons?
200
This is the supreme religious leader of the Islamic faith.
Who is the caliph?
200
This sacred city is considered to be the "holy land" for all three major religions.
What is Jerusalem?
300
This dancer and actress was named co-ruler of Byzantium in 527 C.E.
Who is Theodora?
300
This vassal tills the soil, producing food for the manor, in exchange protection and a small swath of land.
Who is a serf?
300
This person is the religious leader of the Eastern Orthodox church.
Who is the Patriarch?
300
The Abbasids moved the capital of the Islamic empire from Damascus, Syria to this city in modern-day Iraq.
What is Baghdad?
300
Despite being weak, representatives from this major religion won the First Crusade, due to the internal strife of their opponent.
What is Christianity?
400
This list of 5,000 laws, adopted from the Roman Empire, established rules for marriage, inheritance, women's rights, and slavery.
What is the Justinian Code?
400
The prevailing idea of the Middle Ages that the King is chosen by God to rule.
What is the Divine Right Theory?
400
This is the name given to the events that led to the division of Christianity.
What is the Great Schism?
400
The Umayyad Caliphate grew to believe that their position was primarily this--meaning unrelated to religion.
What is secular?
400
The Balfour Declaration of 1917 promised people of this faith a homeland in Israel.
What is Judaism?
500
Meaning "Holy Wisdom," this church-turned-mosque of Constantinople is still considered to be a marvel of architecture.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
500
This is the name given to farmland on a seasonal "break" in order to restore fertility to the soil.
What is fallow?
500
This is the name given to define all church officials.
What is clergy?
500
These were the rulers of the Islamic Empire for more than 600 years, ending in 1917 with their defeat in World War I.
Who are the Ottomans?
500
This ruling dynasty represented the Islamic faith during the crusades.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?