European People
Constantine
What is a caliph?
Women in the Byzantine Empire were all treated ..?
Similarly, in which they had very little rights (must be modest and typically worked inside the home)
What was the biggest impact on the Byzantine Empires government to begin with?
The Fall and split of the Roman Empire
What is an iconoclast?
Icon breaker - icons were religious images that were banned from churches and mosques
What is a monk?
A man who devotes his life to religion (studies the holy books, lives in a monastery)
Patriarch is the leader of which religion?
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
What is the name of God in Islam?
Allah
Greek/Roman Culture, icons and the Hagia Sophia were all which empire's achievements?
Byzantine Empire
Why was Constantinople made the capital of Byzantine Empire?
Perfect location for trade - connection of Europe and Asia
What is a missionary?
A person who is sent to convert someone to a religion
A gift of property or money given to the bride by the groom
Dowry
Wife of Justinian, argued for feminism in the law code (protections for women)
Theodora
The "Rightfully guided caliphs" wanted what?
The first 4 caliphs of the Islamic caliphate - they wanted to rule with Muhammad's law and the Quran
Islamic Empires during their golden age expanded their learning from the societies around them (Greece, Rome, etc.) : True or False?
True
What were local Christian communities in the Byzantine empire called?
Parishes
What is the Quran?
Holy book of Islam
A covered marketplace for buying and selling
Bazaar
Byzantine Emperor who created the "Body of the Civil Law" code
Justinian
What was the main difference between Sunni and Shia Muslims?
What was a common feature of Islamic architecture?
Arabesques
What is the word for the break in the Christian church to Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholicism?
Schism
Excommunicate
to be kicked out of the church
People who follow Islam and teachings of Muhammad
Pope is the leader of which religion?
Roman Catholicism
Did the Sunnis or Shias support the Umayyad and Abbasid empires?
Sunnis
The Byzantine Empire typically followed ____ culture,
Greek
What religions are monotheistic? Name 3.
Christianity, Judaism, Islam
Where do nuns live?
Convent
"To struggle for God"
Jihad