Byzantine Empire
Justinian’s most important and long-lasting political achievement was?
His codification of Roman Law
Which group attacked North Africa and lost badly on the 1st few attempts?
Almavorids
What was the name of the false prophet who was the focus of the Ridda Wars?
Musaylima
Thomas Aquinas
Believed that it was possible to prove rationally that God exists.
The leader of the Turks during the 2nd and 3rd Crusades was a man who was capable of negative things, but was most well-known for his many positive actions was?
Saladin
What was the main reason between the schism of the Catholic Church between Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic (besides power)?
Icons
The most powerful state in west Africa at the time of the arrival of Islam was?
Ghana
During which battle did the Umayyad dynasty fall?
Battle of the Zab
In a larger sense, the investiture contest represented
The struggle between church and state for control in Europe
The Reconquista
Was the Spanish Catholic attempt to win Spain from Islamic control.
In 1054 the pope in Rome and the patriarch in Constantinople
Mutually excommunicated each other
Who made a famous pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324–1325?
Mansa Musa
The 1st Caliph of the Abbasid Dynasty was?
As-Saffah
The North African Muslim General who led the invasion of Spain from across the Strait of Gibraltar and was only stopped in the Battle of Tours was called?
Tariq Ibn Ziyad
The Hundred Years’ War was fought between
England and France
What did the Byzantines do to the men they captured after the Battle of Kleidion?
Blinded them
The legendary founder of the kingdom of Mali was
Sundiata
Which doctor not only created a medical canon but described the motion of planets hundreds of years before Newton?
Ibn Sina
In which city did some well-known Catholic priests choose martyrdom over living with the Moors?
Cordoba
What is the name of the noble who completed the job of freeing Scotland from the English?
Robert I (The Bruce)
A restoration was done under which Byzantine Emperor?
Alexios I Komnenos
Ibn Battuta was
A Morrocan legal scholar who traveled extensively and recorded his observations.
The Abbasid dynasty finally came to an end in 1258, when it was overrun by the
Mongols
The term European people used for North African Muslims who conquered Spain is?
Moors
Who was the founder of the Holy Roman Empire? (Hint: it is different country than the Roman Empire from Ch. 2)
Otto I The Great