The Byzantine Empire
This preacher had a name that means "golden mouth."
Who is St. John of Chrysostom
Muhammad was born in this city in 570 A.D.
What is Mecca
In the Eastern Empire, or Byzantium, the language of the Church was ______________.
What is Greek
This is the most important date on the Islamic calendar
What is the Hegira
This person's name means "one who is praised."
Who is Muhammad
This is another name for the Byzantine Empire.
What is the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is the name of the Muslim holy book
What is the Koran
3. Which of the following countries did the Byzantine Empire NOT include? (More than one answers is possible) Spain, Greece, Egypt, Britain, and Germany
What is Britain and Germany
The temple that Muslims believe Abraham built and in which he placed a black rock said to be given to Adam by God.
What is the Kaaba
Muhammad's nephew and the fourth caliph
Who is Ali
This great eastern Roman emperor created a code of laws that became the foundation for the laws of Europe.
What is a sermon within the holy book called.
What is sura
This Byzantine emperor reconquered large portions of Europe and North Africa that had been originally part of the Roman Empire.
Who is Justinian
Name two of the five pillars of Islam.
What is:
- The belief in one god, Allah
- Prayer 5X a day
-Almsgiving
-Observance on Ramadan
-Pilgrimage to Mecca one in lifetime
What is the term for the way Muslim's tell time.
What is A.H. meaning Anno Hegirae
After a short period of peace, the Byzantine Empire faced this new threat.
What is Islam (which reduced the size of its empire and weakened)
This religious law is based on the Koran and ancient Arab customs
What is Sharia law
This city is the cultural center the cultural center during Islam's Golden Age
What is Baghdad
The successors of Muhammad are called this term.
What is Caliphs
Who was the King that saved Europe
Who is Charles Martel
What are two of the four eastern patriarchs.
What is Jerusalem, Antioch, Alexandria, and Constantinople.
What is Polygamy
Two mathematical legacies of the Islamic Golden Age
What is algebra and the concept of zero
In Islam, war on non-believers is called __________.
What is Jihad
What term means submission or total surrender
What is Islam