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Fall of Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire
Rise of Islam
Great Schism & Golden Age
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100
This half of the Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Eastern half?
100
This religion became the dominant religion of the Byzantine Empire
What is Eastern Orthodox Christianity? Double the points if you can give us the country it spread to.
100
Prophet of the Islamic Faith
Who is Muhammad?
100
A time of peace and prosperity with advancements in math, science, and architecture
What is a Golden Age?
100
This religion's culture has been greatly affected by diaspora and the Torah.
What is Judaism?
200
He moved the capital of the Roman Empire to Byzantium renaming it after himself.
Who is Constantine?
200
These law codes were a condensed version of the twelve tables of Rome
What is Justinian's Code?
200
The name given to the God of Islam
What is Allah?
200
Two groups that developed from the Great Schism of Islam
What are Sunni and Shiite
200
Chinese philosophy that focuses on harsh punishments and strict laws
What is legalism?
300
When the value of your money decreases while prices of goods rise.
What is inflation?
300
Constantinople became the center for trade due to its location on the
What is the Bosporus Strait?
300
Holy city of the Islamic Faith
What is Mecca?
300
This piece of technology helped sea travelers find their latitude and longitude and was developed during the Golden Age of Islam
What is the astrolabe?
300
Social scientists that study the scarcity of goods and services
What are economists?
400
This Emperor fiddled while Rome burned and was one of the corrupt politicians that eventually led to the downfall of the Roman Empire.
Who is Nero?
400
Justinian's wife who was co-empress of the Byzantine Empire
Who is Theodora?
400
Text that is essential to the Islamic faith
What is the Qur'an
400
Beautiful handwriting developed during the Golden Age of Islam.
What is calligraphy?
400
This government was established during the Golden Age of Athens.
What is a direct democracy?
500
These people invaded Rome and led to the downfall of the Roman Empire
What are the Germanic tribes?
500
Rebellions at this structure were quickly shut down by Emperor Justinian.
What is the Hippodrome?
500
The five pillars of faith
What is faith, fasting, alms, prayer, pilgrimage Double the points if you can tell me during what holy month Muslims are expected to fast.
500
Muhammad Al Kwarhizimi developed this form of mathematics
What is algebra?
500
These 5 aspects of civilization developed during the Neolithic Revolution when people began to become sedentary.
What is advanced cities, advanced technology, specialized workers, complex institutions, and record keeping.