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7/8 Flashcards

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Ended half a century of civil war by imposing autocratic rule

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Diocletian

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Emperor who started as an uneducated peasant in the Balkans

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Diocletian

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Dominate

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Roman rule from Diocletian onward

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Dominus

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Lord/master

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Country that became the model for the dominate

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Persia

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Rule by four

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Tetrarchy

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First tetrarchy

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Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius, Galerius

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7
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Small administrative units

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Dioceses

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What caused the end of Diocletian’s reign

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His resignation

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Who was victorious in the civil war over Diocletian’s successor

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Constantine

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10
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What split the empire north and south

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Constantine’s warring sons (who made up his tetrarchy)

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Who made the north south division permanent

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Theodisus

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Eastern capital

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Constantinople/Byzantium/Istanbul

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Western capital

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Ravenna

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14
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Tenant farmers who were forced to stay on their land

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Coloni

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15
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Social elites in cities and towns

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Curials

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16
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Unsalaried members of city senates

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Decurions

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Great persecution

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Suppression of Christianity imposed by Diocletian

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18
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What did Constantine see in the sky

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A cross surrounded by the words “by this sign you will be the victor”

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19
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Edict of Milan

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Enforced religious freedom 313 AD

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Pontifex Maximus

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“Chief priest” office held by all emperors since Augustus

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Julian the apostate

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Rebelled against his family’s christianity by trying to reverse official support of Christianity in favor of his polytheism

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North African bishop who became a great theologian

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Augustine

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Enforced a ban on privately funded polytheist sacrifices

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Theodosius

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Mishnah

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Collection of Jewish law

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Midrash

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Commentaries on parts of Hebrew scripture

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Recognized women’s contributions to Christianity

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Augustine

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Pope

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Bishop of Rome, “pappas” or “father”

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Life lesson

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Out of every paycheck, put some money into a separate checking account (reserve account) for repairs, Christmas gifts, and emergencies

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Man ultimately responsible for enforcing orthodox creed (summary of correct beliefs)

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Emperor

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Arianism

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Arius, a priest from Alexandria, maintained that God created jesus from nothing and gave him special status. Jesus was not identical to God, and was dependent on him.

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Life lesson

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80-10-10 plan: ten tithe, ten long term savings, live on eighty

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Nicene creed

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220 bishops convene at council of Nicaea, banish Arius to the Balkans,and decree that the father and sone are of one substance and co-eternal.

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Monophysites

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“Single nature believers” argued that the divine nature took precedence over the human nature in jesus and he basically just had a single nature

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Nestorian

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Mary produced the human being who later became the temple of God

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Which heresy was the council of Chalcedon formed to clarify

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Nestorianism

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City of God

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Need for order
Conflict between earthly pleasures and spiritual purity
Emotion is only commendable when directed at God

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Self denial and spiritual discipline

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Asceticism

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Confessions

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Augustine describes his conflict between his sexual desires and spiritual beliefs

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Wergild

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Compensations for murders

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Waged war against barbarians in the west

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Justinian

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Justinian’s wife

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Theodora

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Hijra

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Muhammed’s journey from Mecca to medina

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Five pillars of Islam

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Tax for alms
Fast of Ramadan
Hajj(pilgrimage to Mecca)
Salat(formal worship 5x daily)
Shahadah( profession of faith)
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Shi’ite Muslim

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Follower of Ali, muhammed’s daughter’s husband

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Sunni

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Followers of muhammed’s original teachings

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Ummayad caliphate

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Muslim state with a capital in Damascus

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Heraclius

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Byzantine emperor who reorganized his army and avenged the sack of Jerusalem

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Themes

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Military districts

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Strategos

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Military general in charge of a theme

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Iconoclasm

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Icon breaking, destroying icons like idols

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