Byzantines
This is the large church building Justinian commissioned, that is now a Muslim mosque.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
This is the holiest site in Islam.
What is the Kaaba?
These two cities were capitals of their own Caliphates.
What are Mecca & Medina?
What are the Papal States?
This is the date that Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
What happened on December 25, 800 AD?
This is the series of rules that became the backbone of Western forms of law?
What is the Code of Justinian?
This is the holy book of Islam.
What is the Quran?
This is the Caliphate that had a positive diplomatic relationship with Charlemagne.
What are the Abbasids?
This was the predecessor to the Carolingians, where Charles Martel & Pepin the Short eventually took over Frankish rulership.
What is the Merovingian Dynasty?
This campaign established a boundary between Moorish Spain and Southern Frankia.
What is the Spanish Campaign of 778?
(Bonus 100pts: What is the name of that boundary?)
This is the territory Justinian unsuccessfully tried to retake during his rule.
What is Northern Italy?
This is the series of Muhammad's writings about his philosophy and lifestyle.
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the Sunnah?
This is the Caliphate that expanded across North Africa and into the Iberian Peninsula.
What are the Umayyads?
These were the three other empires the Carolingians kept diplomatic ties with.
Who are the Abbasids, the Papal States, and the Byzantines?
(Bonus 100pts: What were their relations like?)
This is the battle that halted the advance of the Moors into Europe.
What is the Battle of Tours?
This is the event where two opposing sports team supporters' disagreement boiled over into a rebellion.
What is the Nika Revolt?
(Bonus 100pts: What was the sport?)
These are the two different "sects" of Islam.
What are the Sunni and Shia?
This is the Caliphate that declared independence in the Iberian Peninsula.
What is the Emirate of Cordoba?
This is the agreement that split the Carolingian Empire into what would later become modern France, Germany, and the HRE.
What is the Treaty of Verdun?
These are the wars of expansion fought by Charlemagne in the Northern sector of Europe.
DAILY DOUBLE
What are the Saxon Wars?
This is the name of Justinian's trusted general and advisor.
Who is Belisarius?
These are the Five Pillars of Islam.
Shahada – Faith
Salah – Prayer
Zakat – Almsgiving
Sawm – Fasting
Hajj – Pilgrimage
This people group was a major part of the Moors.
This is the name of the Frankish capital city.
What is Aachen?
These are the Seven Liberal Arts.
What are Grammar, Logic, Rhetoric, Arithmetic, Geometry, Astronomy, and Music?