Early Christianity & Islam
A group of Christian communities, or parishes, under the authority of a bishop .
What is a bishopric?
The founder of Islam, who is held by Muslims to be the chief prophet of God. He was born in Mecca. Muslims believe that the Quran was dictated to him by an angel sent from God.
Who is Muhammad?
The eastern half of the Roman Empire that survived the fall of the Western half.
What is the Byzantine Empire?
The two major divisions of the early Christian Church.
What are the Roman Catholic Church & Eastern Orthodox Church?
The head/leader of monks.
What is an Abbot?
The practice of living the life of a monk.
What is monasticism?
Capital of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
3 major empires that spread Arab culture & Islam throughout the Arabian Peninsula, North Africa, & the Middle East.
What are the Umayyads, Abbasid, & Seljuk Turks?
Images of religious events or figures.
What are icons?
The crier who calls the Muslim faithful to prayer from the minaret of a mosque.
What is a muezzin?
A set of practical laws created and developed by Muslims scholars to regulate the daily lives of Muslims.
What is Shari'ah?
Leader of the Byzantine Empire that helped in its revival of the Roman Empire's glory and fame.
Who is Emperor Justinian?
This Russian title comes from the Roman & Byzantine term Caesar.
What is Czar?
These particular Muslims only see the descendants of Ali as the true rulers of Islam.
What is Shia?
The Five Pillars of Islam.
What are belief, prayer, charity, fasting, & a hajj or pilgrimage to Makkah (mecca)?
Communities where Monks and Nuns live.
What is an monastery & convent?
Leader of the Franks, who defeated Spanish Muslim forces at the Battle of Tours.
Who is Charles "The Hammer" Martel?
The city were the Arab empire was primarily ruled from.
What is Medinah (Medina)?
His growing, over-arching power was a major reason why the Great Schism occurred.
What is the Pope?
A month long celebration commemorating the time during which Muhammad received the Quran from Allah.
What is Ramadan?
The journey of Muhammad and his followers to Madinah (Medina).
What is a Hijrah?
Muhammad's father-in-law and successor: first caliph of Mecca 632–634.
Who is Abu Bakr?
Farmers, hunters, and fishermen these people were polytheistic, whose most important gods were animals
What are the Slavs?
The second son of Ali that ultimately led a revolt against the Umayyad and established Shia Muslims.
Who is Hussein?
Church constructed in Constantinople during reign of Justinian.
What is the Hagia Sophia?