Byzantine Empire
This was another name for Constantinople, named for the ancient greek city it was built on.
What is Byzantium?
This city became the center of the early Russian state.
What is Kiev?
This is the name of the Islamic prophet who created Islam.
Who is Muhammed?
The Byzantine church is now known by this name.
What is the Eastern Orthodox Church?
This is the finest example of Byzantine architecture.
Give the reason Muhammed was persecuted in Mecca for his teachings.
The people of Mecca were afraid would interfere with idol worship at the Ka'bah, which was also vey profitable commercially.
The wife of Emperor Justinian, who gave hime good counsel during his rule.
Who is Theodora?
This was the largest ethnic group living in early Russia.
Who are the Slavs?
These were the titles of the people that were Muhammed's Successors.
Who were the Caliphs?
This religion became the biggest threat to the Byzantine Empire through its invasion of the Turkish peoples
What is Islam?
This is the name for the beautiful handwriting practiced in Islamic culture.
What is Calligraphy?
What is the Nika Revolt?
This man established the first ruling dynasty in Russia.
These provide the best examples for Muslim Architecture.
What are mosques?
This is the deprivation of the sacraments and exclusion of fellowship from the church.
This army ended the Byzantine empire with its sacking of Constantinople.
Byzantine art created by connecting pieces of glass or stone with wet plaster.
What are mosaics?
This Russian ruler was the first to establish orthodox christianity as a state religion.
The Arabic people (and thus the Islamic people) trace their lineage back to this person from scripture in similar fashion to a couple other major religions.
Muslims pray towards and take pilgrimages to which city?
What is Mecca?
This are desert nomads who move from pasture to pasture and are still around today.
Who are the Bedouins?
What is Roman?
This group of Swedish Norsemen came down and took control Russia early in its life.
Who are the Varangians?
The name given for Muhammed's flight to Medina, after the people of Mecca rejected his teachings.
What is Hegira?
This is an Islamic term meaning "holy war".
What is Jihad?
He was given the nickname, the "Bulgar Slayer".
Who is Basil II?
This army defeated the Byzantines at the Battle of Manzikert.
This man became the first Caliph after the death of Muhammed.
Muhammed failed to do this before his death.
What is Appoint a successor?
This muslim poet was known for his short poems in the Rubaiyat.
Who is Omar Khayyam?