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Define Jihad and name the 3 types:
Means - struggle -
3 interpretations
Struggle against evil within your own soul
Struggle against unbelief by seeking converts to Islam
Physical struggle, obliging Muslims to take up sword & wage war against unbelievers
List 4 events during the expansion of Dar Islam
The lands controlled by the caliphs, or majority Muslim lands
Byzantine & Persian empires weakened
Conquered much of Middle East by 700
Crossed Strait of Gibraltar, conquered Spain
Threatened Gaul (France)
He was viewed as cold, calculating and ruthless. Reigned for 43 years. Took the name Czar the Russian version of Caesar. Publicly claimed to to make Russia the "Third Rome".Battled with the Mongols with a bloody stand off, marking their liberation.
Ivan III (Ivan the Terrible)
What influences did Slavs have on Russia?
The Slavs were the basis of the culture Russia
Name the 5 pillars of Islam
Declaration of Faith
Prayer (5 times per day)
Alms to the poor
Fasting (Ramadan)
Pirimage (Mecca)
Define Sharia - Islamic law
Detailed guidance on proper behavior (and punishment for lack of)
He donated his riches to the poor was dedicated to helping the poor
he was raised by his uncle
he became the Archbishop of Myra
Père Noël, Santa Clause, St. Nick
St. Nicholas
Ferocious horse riding warrior nomads of the Asian steppe who herded sheep, goats, horses, camels, and yaks. They slashed their way into Russia lead by Genghis Kahn. They savagely burned and killed all in their path. They attacked and demolished Kiev and ruled Russia for 200 years.
Later Ivan III and Russia battled the _____ ending in a stand off.
Mongols
Who were the last Europeans to be converted to Christianity
The Slavs
What is Jihad and name the 3 types
Struggle
jihad against yourself
jihad against Satan
jihad against an open enemy
Name the blended technology and ideas we obtained from India, Greeks, and Persia
India-Hindi Numbers (algebra)
Greeks-Navigation and Geographic Knowledge
Persia-Government Administration
Two brothers and Byzantine Christian theologians and missionaries. For their work evangelizing the Slavs, they are known as the "Apostles to the Slavs".
They are credited with devising the Glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to transcribe Old Church Slavonic
Cyril and Methodius
Who were the Slavs?
Farmers who lived among the forests of north of the black sea in eastern europe. Ancestors of many Eastern Europeans today.
In religion, Slavs traditionally divided into two main groups: those associated with the Eastern Orthodox Church and those associated with the Roman Catholic Church
What were 3 benefits of the Mongols on Russia
They built roads
Improved communication and methods of taxation.
Politically, the Mongols acted as a temporary unifying force that kept the area together and probably caused Russia to be strong enough to become their own kingdom.
Define and describe Sunni
Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam
The orthodox and traditionalist branch of islam.
Belief that the leader of Muslims do not have to be blood to Muhammad
What is Jizya?
A yearly taxation historically levied in the form of financial charge on permanent non-Muslim subjects of a state governed by Islamic law.
Considered to be “Early Russia”
The Rus
Latin for "doer of good" and the name given to _____________the missionary to Germany who set the stage for a radical reshaping of the heart of Europe
St. Boniface
Influence of Islam
The European Medieval Age (in places such as Spain) was influenced by the Muslims in architecture, math, science, medicine, and literature.
Define and describe Shia
also called Shi'is, literally means 'partisans of Ali', The minor branches of Islam.
Belief that the leader of Muslims have to be blood related to Muhammad
What was Prince Vladimir's influence
Vladimir considered converting to Islam, Judaism or Roman Catholicism. He chose Christian Orthodoxy because it had no restrictions about when or what he could and could not EAT
Orthodox Christianity led to the incorporation of Russia into the sphere of Eastern Orthodoxy.
What was “The Byzantine Empire”
Also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire in its eastern provinces.
A 5th-century missionary to Ireland and later served as bishop there. He is credited with bringing Christianity to parts of Ireland and was probably partly responsible for the Christianization of the Picts and Anglo-Saxons. He is one of the patron saints of Ireland.
St. Patrick
Through trade routes
How did Ivan III break with the Mongols?
When Ivan III became the prince of Moscow, he immediately openly challenged Mongol rule.
Their armies faced each other at the Ugra River, but neither side advanced to fight. Both armies returned home, and the Russians were liberated from the Mongols.