Mystery Box 1
Sassanian Empire
Who was the first Christian King of the Roman Empire?
Constantine
Emirate of Sevilla was the vassal/satellite kingdom of the Moorish Empire from North Africa.
True or False?
False
It's Emirate of Granada
A.D. and B.C. stand for?
Ano Domini and Before Christ
What's the Latin title of an Emperor and Empress?
Augustus and Augusta
The name of the caliphate that invaded Sassanian Empire.
Rashidun Caliphate
A. 313 AD C. 320 AD
B. 330 AD D. 333 AD
B. 330 AD
The Persian term of an "emperor".
Shahanshah
Name of the battle where Visigoths got defeated by Moors (711 A.D.)
Battle of Guadalete
Who issued the first edict in 311 A.D. that loosened the restrictions towards Christianity?
Emperor Galerius
The Roman Empire's capital was moved to . . . . .
This city is now called . . . . .
Constantinople ; Turkey
Two languages The Byzantine citizens spoke.
A. Latin C. A & B are correct
B. Greek D. All options are non-sense.
In 311 A.D., this first edict by an emperor made Christianity begin to grow across the Roman Empire.
Edict of Sardica
The first and oldest Persian Empire . . .
A. Rashidun Empire C. Parthian Empire
B. Arsacid Empire D. Achaemenid Empire
In 313 A.D. , Emperor . . . issued Edict of . . . that finally made Christianity flourish across the Roman Empire.
Constantine ; Milan
Name of riots that almost overthrown Emperor Justinian I in Byzantine.
Nika Riots
Ardashir I from the House of Sassanid
Shahanshah Khosrow I
One of the Diadochi from Alexander I from Macedon who ruled the Persian territory.
A. Arsacus I C. Seleucus I
B. Ptolemy II D. Herod III
C. Seleucus I The Nicator
Were the Sassanians Muslims? Why yes & No?
The answer from Teams....
Explain the connection between Sassanian Empire with Byzantine Empire
Khosrow II with Emperor Maurice. Maurice protected Khosrow II who fled to Constantinople after the coup by General Bahram Chobin.
Explain the factors that made Sassanian Empire easily defeated by Rashidun Caliphate.
- Civil War
- Exhausted by the Byzantine-Sassanian war
- An absence of unity amongst Sassanian leaders.
Describe Zoroastrianism with its relation to the Sassanian Empire and policy towards Christians across the empire.
Zoroastrianism: Sassanian cult that worshipped Mazda god and believed in prophet Zoroaster as the messenger from heaven.
Relation:
Sassanians believed these Christians were SPIES from Byzantine Empire to usurped the Sassanian government. Hence, Christians got persecuted inside the Sassanian Empire.
Is there any resistance after the invasion of Rashidun Caliphate from the Sassanians? How does this look similar with Reconquista from Hispania?
There was a sporadic rebellion by the former Sassanians that eventually established the Dabuyid Dynasty (642-760 A.D.) to reclaim the legitimate influence of Zoroastrianism again. Yet FAILED. This is typical with Reconquista that eventually successful for after 781 years skirmishes against the Moors.
What made Byzantine-Sassanian Empire broke out in 602-628 A.D.?
The war broke again between these two giant empires after Emperor Maurice was killed in a coup (602 AD) that eventually led Shahanshah Khosrow II to invade Byzantine territories (Byzantine-Sassanian War, 602-628 A.D.).