Byzantine Empire (Lesson 1)
Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, renamed by Constantine
Break in unity
Schism
Prophet that founded Islam
Muhammad
Name for successor
Caliph
Holy Book in Islam
Qu'ran
Name of the church turned mosque in the present day Turkey
Hagia Sophia
TWO cities important to the develop of Russia (HINT: one is not located in present day Russia)
WHERE did Islam originate?
Arabian Peninsula
law of Islam
Shari'a
What was the Sunni-Shi'a split over?
-Rule of the Umayyads
-disagreement over who can be a caliph
What laws influenced the Justinian Code?
Roman laws
Language used in Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Greek
How many pillars of Islam are there?
Five
Two Islamic empires we studied
Umayyad and Abbasid
Abbasid Empire
Important leader in the Byzantine Empire, designed a legal code
Justinian
Name of alphabet that was developed off of Byzantine Influence
Cyrillic Alphabet
What was the Hijrah?
Migration of Muslims to Medina
What group believes that caliphs don't have to be a relative of Muhammad
Sunni
What is the name of the city of Constantinople today?
Istanbul
What culture was kept alive in the Byzantine Empire?
Greco-Roman culture
Who developed the oprichniki?
Ivan the Terrible
Identify the main two important cities in the development of Islam in Arabia
Mecca and Medina
First caliph
Abu Bakr
Biggest controversy between Christians in the West and East
Use of icons