Byzantine Empire
What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?
What is Constantinople
What is Desert
trade and conquest
a split particularly in a church or religion
Schism
How did Byzantines version of Christianity differ from Western Europeans?
What is Byzantines rejected the idea of a pope
Located at the eastern end of the Roman Empire
What is Constantinople
How did geography affect trade and settlement in the Arabian Peninsula
What is Most had to settle along the coast. Bedouins lived in the desert. They herded animals and lead trade caravans
What earlier empire did the Ottoman's conquer?
What is The Byzantine Empire
people with no permanent home, who move from place to place in search of food, water, or pasture
What is Nomad
What is a mosque
What qualities made Justinian a good and successful ruler?
What is He was energetic, listened to everyone's ideas, and never gave up on a task until it was finished
What were the main events of Muhammad's life?
What is Born in Mecca; believed he heard God talk to him; began teaching God's messages, moved to Medina, died in Mecca.
Name three Arab contributions to math and science
What is algebra, geometry, use of numbers, medicine, hospitals, pharmacies
The "Muslim" bible; Muslim book of beliefs
Quran
The Ottoman ruler
What is sultan
What was Justinian's Code so important?
What is It organized a collection of unorganized Roman laws and became the basis of the legal system
What are the main beliefs of Islam?
What is One God; pray 5 times daily facing Mecca, must give money to needy people, fast during daylight hours during Ramadan, muse make pilgrimage to Mecca once in life, 5 pillars of Islam.
Why did Arabs chose Baghdad as their capital?
What is It was centrally located along trade routes
A Muslim ruler
Caliph
The period from the fall of the Roman Empire in 476 AD to about 1500 is known as _______
What is Middle Ages or medieval
What was the dispute the split the medieval Christian church?
What is Orthodox Christians did not accept the Roman Catholic pope's claims to supreme power
Two groups of Muslims that developed after the assassination of the Muslim leader
What is Shiites and Sunnis
How did geography and trade contribute to the city's prosperity and power?
What is The profits from trade bring wealth to the city and allows it to fund a strong military
a group of traders traveling together for safety
Caravans
Great advances were made in math, literature, and science during this time period
The Golden Age