Byzantines
the Bosporus Strait OR the land link between Europe and Asia
One important thing that the Abrahamic religions have in common
Monotheism
The advantage of Constantinople's location
Icons were...
sacred religious art and images
A caliph was
the successor to Muhammad
Which empire brought the Byzantines to an end?
The Ottomans
Iconoclasts want
the rejection or destruction of religious images
Sunni and Shia Muslims disagreed on...
who should be caliph
Three of Theodora's accomplishments
Championing women's rights, ruling the empire while Justinian was sick with the plague, and *allegedly* creating many of Justinian's laws
A long-term effect of the iconoclast controversy
the Great Schism of 1054 - the division of the church between East and West
The reason it was difficult for the Ottomans to conquer Constantinople
Constantinople was protected by strong walls
How was the Byzantine empire to an end?
Ottomans broke through the walls of Constantinople and seized the city
A cause of the iconoclast controversy
importance during time of economic and political instability
The cities Muhammad lived in
Mecca and Medina