Byzantine Empire
Also known as the _______ Roman Empire
Eastern
Western Europe generally followed the Christian denomination of __________
Roman Catholic
What people group were called the Rus when they pillaged and settled in what is today Russia
Vikings
What began the Shia Sunni split in the Islamic world?
The assassination of Ali/ power struggle
Hadrian built this to keep out barbarians from Northern Britain
Hadrians Wall
This emperor wanted to reconquer the old Roman Empire
Justinian
The Byzantines were these kind of Christians
The Rus established the city of _______ as a major trading post on the Dnieper River. This is in Ukraine today.
Kiev
These Muslims believe any Quran following man can be made a caliph...majority of the Islamic world
Sunni
The Romans used these to carry fresh water to the cities
aqueducts
This church was built by Justinian after the Nikka Revolts...greatest Christian church of the age
Hagia Sophia
Who was the head of the Church in the West and what is its capital
Pope/ Rome
The Russians adopted this type of Christianity from the Byzantines
Orthodox
These Muslims believe you can only be caliph if you are related to Muhammed via Ali
Shia
What is the Hellenistic Age...and who/what began it?
an age of massive Greek influence in the Middle East and Mediterranean - Alexander the Great's conquests of Persia
Name the missionary that spread Orthodox Christianity to the Slavs and created an alphabet to translate the Bible for them
Cyril
Who was the head of the Church in the East and what is its capital
Patriarch / Constantinople
These nomadic warriors invaded and ruled over Russia for 200 years
Muslims were stopped in their invasion of Europe at the battle of ___ in France.
Tours
What was the major grain crop of the Americas?
Maize /corn
Ottoman Turks
What was the term for the official split in the Eastern and Western church in 1054
Great Schism
The most iconic Russian church is called the ________ and is located in Moscow
St Basils Cathedral
Describe the TWO ways that Islam primarily spread in the Medieval Period
War and Trade
Name three technologies of the Meso-American and South American native civilizations.
calendar system, stone temple construction, road building, terrace farming, Maya hieroglyphics, chinampa building, complex understanding of astronomy