Byzantium's New Rome
Capital of the Eastern Roman Empire
Byzantium
The Greatest Byzantine Ruler who reigned from 527 until his death in 565.
Justinian the Great
Conquered Constantinople and converted the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
Ottomans
What do Jews, Christians, and Muslims have in common?
Monotheism
Omar Khayyam popularized what form of poetry?
Quatrain
In 330 Emperor Constantine renamed the city of Byzantium to be called this.
Constantinople
When Justinian was too sick to govern, who ruled the Empire?
His wife, Theodora
This group wanted religious images to be destroyed.
iconoclasts
Migration of Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Medina, and the Islamic calendar began.
Hijrah
Branch of mathematics created by Muslim scholar
al-Khwarzmi?
algebra
This Empire linked what two continents for trade?
Europe and Asia
Which Empires laws did Justinian collect, combine and change to start his own legal code?
The Roman Empire
Declared the destruction of all icons
Leo III
The basis of Islamic law. Name at least 1 sacred source.
Quran, Hadith, and Sunna
Form of elegant handwriting
calligraphy
Helped the Byzantine Empire remain strong for another 1,000 years after the fall of Western Rome.
Strong Emperors
Church in Constantinople that was destroyed in the riots and Justinian rebuilt.
Hagia Sophia
Long term effect of the Iconoclast Controversy
Caused a split between the eastern and western Christian church
What do Sunni and Shiite Muslims disagree about?
Who could be Caliph.
What did al-Razi contribute to the Golden Age of Islam?
Comprehensive Book of Medicine
Most Byzantines spoke this language.
Greek
Did the most damage to the Byzantine Empire in the 500's.
The plague
Emperor that ruled during the Byzantine Renaissance, or Golden Age?
Basil II
In 744, this family claimed to be a descent from Muhammad's uncle and seized power.
Abbasids
How did scholars preserve knowledge from past cultures?
Translated books and text into Arabic