Romans
Roman emperor who blamed Christians for the fire in Rome.
Who was Nero?
The most important prophet/founder of Islam.
Who was Muhammad?
Roman emperor who legalized Christianity.
Who was Constantine?
The capital of the Roman empire was moved to the east and the city renamed as: _____
What was Constantinople?
Muslims fast during daylight hours during this month.
What is Ramadan?
Emperor who divided the Roman empire into an eastern and western half.
Who was Diocletian?
The holy book of the Islamic religion.
What is the Quran?
Wars fought by Christians to "convert" Muslim and heathen nations.
What were the Crusades?
What was the Code of Justinian?
A place with water and trees/grass in the desert.
What is an oasis?
The two divisions of society in the Roman Republic?
What were the patricians and plebians?
What was a Caliph?
The split between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
What was the Great Schism?
The creation of the Eastern Orthodox Church was partially based on the disagreement over the worship of ______ in the church.
What were icons?
A general name for the groups of people that attacked the Western Roman Empire.
Who were the barbarians?
The period of peace and stability before the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
What was the Pax Romana?
Muhammad taught that there is one sovereign God. This belief is known as: _____
What is monotheism?
A type of church built by Byzantine and Roman leaders.
What was a basilica?
List two of the ways Roman influences were present in the Byzantine empire.
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The first emperor of the Roman Empire.
Who was Octavian/Agustus?
The three branches of the government in the Roman Republic.
What was the Abbasid Caliphate?
List three theological beliefs that changed in the church once it became a political entity.
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