Islamic Beginnings
Byzantines
Fall of Rome
Spread of Islam
Catholic Church
100
The founder of Islam.
Who is Muhammad?
100
Essentially Roman, these people continued the Roman empire after its fall in 476 C.E.
Who are the Byzantines?
100
476 C.E.
What is the year the Roman empire collapsed?
100
Strong armies, religious tolerance, weak surrounding empires, trade, and a universal message.
What are the reasons Islam spread?
100
Eastern (or Greek) Orthodox and Roman Catholic.
What are the two branches of Christianity in the Post-Classical period?
200
The holy book of Islam.
What is the Qur'an (or Koran)?
200
Written by Justinian, it provided legal standards for society to follow.
What is Justinian's Code?
200
The last emperor to rule over all of the Roman Empire, he moved the capital to the east.
Who is Constantine?
200
Non-muslims could continue practicing their own religion as long as they paid a tax.
What is the Pact?
200
The head of the Roman Catholic church.
What is the pope?
300
The political leader of Islam.
Who is the caliph?
300
A major architectural achievement of the Emperor Justinian that began as a church before becoming a mosque.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
300
The half left standing after the collapse of the Roman empire.
What is the eastern half of the Roman Empire?
300
How far east and west Islam spread.
What is Spain and India?
300
The split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern (or Greek) Orthodox church.
What is the Great Schism?
400
Pilgrimage to Mecca, declaration of faith, ritual prayer five times a day, fasting during the month of Ramadan, and alms.
What are the five pillars of Islam?
400
The location of this capital city allowed the Byzantines to control trade between Europe and Asia.
What is Constantinople?
400
Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Vandals, Angles, Saxons, and Franks.
What are barbarian invasions?
400
Damascus and Baghdad.
What are the capitals of the Umayyad and Abbasid caliphates?
400
Edict of Milan
What is the end of the persecution of Christians by the Roman empire?
500
Disagreements over who should be elected caliph led to the formation of two different sects of Islam.
What is Sunni and Shi'ia?
500
An emperor, he preserved and transmitted Greek and Roman culture.
Who is Justinian?
500
Theories for the fall of Rome.(Name three)
What is the rise of Christianity, urban decay, inferior technology, excessive military spending, corrupt politics, decline in morals and values, barbarian invasion, environmental and public health problems, inflation, and unemployment?
500
The "golden age" of Islam.
What is the Abbasid caliphate?
500
The leader of the Eastern (or Greek) Orthodox church.
What is the patriarch?
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