The Byzantine Empire
The Eastern Roman Empire became known as this after the Western Roman Empire fell.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
The Holy Roman Empire was founded when this Frankish king was crowned by the Pope.
Who is Charlemagne?
This prophet is considered to be the founder of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
The Umayyad Caliphate overthrew the Rashidun Caliphate, Muhammad's successors, and was unpopular among Muslims for this reason.
What is the fact that they were less tolerant of other cultures and beliefs?
The Crusaders belonged to this denomination of Christianity.
What is Catholicism?
Latin was spoken in the Western Roman Empire, and this language was spoken in the East.
What is Greek?
This is the more accurate term for the Vikings who raided the Christian kingdoms of Western Europe during the Middle Ages.
Who are the Norse?
The religion of Islam is considered by Muslims to continue the teachings of these two older religions.
What are Judaism and Christianity?
This city was the center of the Islamic world during the Islamic Golden Age.
What is Baghdad?
This was the main goal of the Crusades.
What is retaking Jerusalem from the Muslims?
The "Vikings" launched raids in these watercraft.
What are longships?
As the Roman world became more and more divided between its Latin-speaking Western half and its Greek-speaking Eastern half, the Christian religion split into these two denominations.
What are Catholic and Orthodox?
This kingdom became independent from the Holy Roman Empire after Charlemagne's death.
What is the Kingdom of France?
This denomination of Islam believes that the Muslim community should have been led by a member of Muhammad's family or bloodline.
Who are the Shia?
This is why the the period of the Abbasid Caliphate became known as the Golden Age of Islam.
What is a series of groundbreaking scientific and mathematical developments?
This Muslim ruler drove back the Crusaders by abolishing the Fatimid Caliphate and uniting the entire Islamic world under the rule of the Ayyubid Caliphate.
Who is Saladin?
This is the more accurate term for those who would "go a'viking".
What is the Norse?
This Byzantine emperor attempted to restore the glory of Rome by centralizing the empire's provinces and inventing a new code of laws.
Who is Justinian I?
What is the Kingdom of England?
Muslims worship at buildings called _____ and their most sacred book is known as the _____.
What are mosques and the Quran?
This third Islamic empire/caliphate overthrew the Umayyads and began the Golden Age of Islam.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
This Shia caliphate caused a split in the Islamic world by splitting off from the Sunni Abbasid Caliphate and establishing its own empire centered in Egypt.
Who are the Fatimids?
These two Germanic tribes were partially responsible for the fall of Rome and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire
Who were the Goths and the Vandals?
This was the defining characteristic of the feudal system employed by the kingdoms of Western Europe.
What is the fact that peasants did not own land but were forced to work on the estates of the rich?
This was the name of the first Islamic empire, which was led by Muhammad's successors.
What was the Rashidun Caliphate?
These three scientific and mathematical developments were made by Muslims during the Islamic Golden Age.
Many possible responses.
The First Crusade consisted of two waves. This was the result of the first wave.
What is massacring the Jews of Western Europe and then being wiped out immediately upon entering Muslim territory.