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Christianity
Byzantine Empire
Chronology
Islam
The Franks
100
The Jew who persecuted Christians and then became a disciple of Christ.
Who is Paul of Tarsus (Saul)?
100
"The Plague of Justinian." Symptoms: fever, chills, vomiting, diarrhea... spread by fleas on rats.
What is the bubonic plague?
100
The century in which Islam was born and Justinian ruled the Byzantine empire.
What is the 6th century AD?
100
The Angel who recited the Koran to Mohammed
What is Gabriel?
100
King who was baptized. Of the Merovingian dynasty.
Who is Clovis?
200
The institutions that preserved literature through the Dark Ages.
What are the monasteries.
200
Named modern day Istanbul after himself; ruled in the 4th century AD.
Who is Constantine?
200
Approximate span of the Dark Ages
What is 600-1000 AD?
200
The Five Pillars of Islam
What are, 1) One god=Allah, 2) Prayer, 3) Giving Alms, 4) Fasting during Ramadan, 5) Pilgrimage to Mecca
200
The rebirth of literature and literacy during the Dark Ages that is credited to Charlemagne and his educational reforms and love for the humanities.
What is the Carolingian Renaissance?
300
The main difference between Judaism and Christianity.
What is Jesus is the messiah for Christians, whereas he is merely a teacher to the Jews.
300
The emperor who ruled with one other augusti and two caesars. Ruled successfully for 20 years this way.
Who is Diocletian?
300
The century by which virtually all of Europe was Christian
What is around the 9th century AD (800 AD)?
300
The school or sect of Islam who believes that only descendants of Mohammed can be caliphs.
What is Shiite Islam?
300
The scandinavians who tormented the Franks and Anglo Saxons during the dark ages.
Who are the Vikings?
400
The evangelists, responsible for the writing of four books of the Bible.
Who are Matthew, Mark, Luke and John?
400
Justinian's symbol of Christianity.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
400
The sack of Rome by the Visigoths led by Allaric.
What is 410 AD?
400
Translation of "Muslim"
What is "one who submits."
400
Defeated the Moors at the Battle of Tours.
Who is Charles Martel?
500
The Pope who declared the first Crusade in 1095
Who is Pope Urban II?
500
The Russian Prince who threw out the idols of Kiev and became Christian, thereby maintaining the Rus' independence from the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Vladimir?
500
The year that Constantine officially ended the persecution of Christians in the Byzantine empire with a proclamation...
What is 313 AD (The Edict of Milan).
500
Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina--the event that marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
What is the hegira?
500
Pope who crowned Charlemagne H.R.E on Christmas day 800 AD.
Who is Pope Leo III?