Who Was I?
I was a devout Jew and a Pharisee who persecuted the first followers of Christ because I believed that Jesus spoke blasphemy against God.
Who was Saul of Tarsus?
This religion was founded by one man and has 5 Pillars.
What is Islam?
The Holy Spirit came upon believers at Pentecost in this year.
What is 33 AD?
This was where believers were first called Christians.
Where is Antioch?
This was an edict issued by Constantine that ensured freedom from persecution for ALL Christians in the Roman Empire, but East and West.
What was the Edict of Milan?
I was a brilliant man born in North Africa in 354. I was a highly educated pagan who was converted to Christianity in large part due to the prayers of my mother. I became a bishop and wrote many important books about our faith. I was later called a saint.
Who was St. Augustine?
While Europe was in the Dark Ages, this country was in its Golden Age. Li Yuan started the Tang dynasty and his son helped china achieve great success.
What is China?
These were underground chambers where Christians would worship and pray in secret.
What are catacombs?
This was a fortress built by Herod the Great that Zealot Jews used as a refuge from the Romans during the First Jewish Revolt.
What is Masada?
Charles Martel stopped the spread of Islam in Europe by driving the Muslims back to Spain in 732 at this battle.
What is the Battle of Tours?
We were the group of Jews who wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Who were the Essenes?
Early history of this country is unclear, but around 400 AD the Yamato clan gained control and since then, all imperial rulers have claimed to be descendants of this clan.
What is Japan?
This is a person who was killed for their faith.
What is a martyr?
This empire began as a tiny village and by the mid 400's, had grown to include almost all of Europe, parts of the Middle East, and the northern coast of Africa.
What is the Roman Empire?
This was a place in southern Spain ruled by And al-Rahman where Christians, Jews, and Muslims lived in peace alongside one another for many years.
I was a devout Jew who lived during Nero as a Pharisee and wrote the most thorough history of the Jewish people known.
Who was Josephus?
This was a disagreement over whether having religious symbols was a form of idol worship or not.
What is the Iconoclast Controversy?
Nero blamed this sect for the burning of Rome in 64 AD, resulting in thousands of deaths. Many people thought Nero was actually the one responsible.
Who are Christians?
This was an important port city in Italy and a major trade center under Roman rule. It was destroyed in a natural disaster.
What is Pompeii?
This English ruler created common law based on the Ten Commandments, gave legal protection to the poor, restored the educational system, helped translate the Gospels from Latin into Anglo-Saxon, documented English history, and gathered songs that captured the customs and history of England.
Who was Alfred the Great?
The classes of people who lived in the Dark Ages. (There are 4)
Who are serfs, villeins, merchants/craftsmen, and lords/dukes/counts?
Diocletian was a Roman emperor who determined that the vast empire needed a drastic change. This is what he did.
What is divide the empire?
This man was a Jew who raised an army of 400,000 men and led the Second Jewish Revolt around 132 AD.
Who was Bar-Kokhba?
The countries where the Vikings originated.
What are Sweden, Denmark and Norway?
These brothers created a written language for Slavic nations in their quest to bring the Bible to these people.
Who were Methodius and Cyril?