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What is the significance of doves in christianity?

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Represents the holy spirit that descended like a dove

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What is the significance of peacocks in christianity?

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Peacocks were thought to not decay, so they represented eternal life in Christ.

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What is the significance of the Ithycus/fish in christian art?

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represents Christianity/oppression

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What is the significance of ΧΡ/chi ro in christian art?

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Like saying CR, first two Greek letters of christ.

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What is the annunciation?

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An image of Mary finding out she will give birth to Christ?

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What is the visitation?

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Mary and her sister, origin of dove symbolism

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What is the nativity?

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A depiction of the birth of Christ

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What is the crucifixion?

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A depiction of the death of christ

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What is the deposition?

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Christ’s burial

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What is the lamentation?

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people grieving jesus

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What is the pieta?

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Mary holding her son’s body

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What is a Christ Pantocrator image?

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Byzantine, Christ with an invisible cigarette

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What is depicted in the Sacrifice of Issac fresco in the Catacombs of Priscilla?

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Abraham almost sacrificing issac, depiction of devotion and obedience.

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What is the significance of Abraham to christians?

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What is the significance of Issac to christians?

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Issac was almost sacrificed by his father, Abraham

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What is the significance of Jacob to christians?

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What is the significance of Noah to christians?

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Noah survived the flood

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What is the significance of Moses to christians?

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Split the red sea and freed the Jewish people

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What is the significance of Mary to christians?

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She is the mother of jesus

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What is the significance of Jesus to christians?

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Final prophet/messiah figure

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What is the significance of Paul to christians?

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Why doesn’t Muslim art depict people?

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It is viewed as idolatry

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How many surahs are there?

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When was Mohammed born?

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What happened to Mohammed’s father?

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Who took care of Mohmammed after his mother’s death?

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Who took care of Mohmammed after his grandfather’s death?

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How many kids did Mohmammed have?

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Who did Mohammed marry?

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a forty year old merchant

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What city was Mohammed born in?

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Mecca

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What did Mohammed flee from?

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persecution in mecca

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Where did Mohammed flee to?

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medina

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What were the contents of Mohammed’s vision?

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that the trinity was false

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What is a caliphate?

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A ruler

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What was the first caliphate?

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rashidun (632-661)

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What was the second caliphate?

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Umayyad (661-750)

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What was the third caliphate?

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Abbasid (750-1517)

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What was the fourth caliphate?

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Fatimid Caliphate (909-1174)

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What was the fifth caliphate?

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Ottoman Caliphate/Empire (1517-1924)

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Who did the Abbassid caliphate overthrow?

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The Umayyads

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Why did the Abbassid caliphate overthrow the Umayyads?

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perceived corruption

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Who were the visigoths?

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What were pilgrimages?

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What were pilgrimages churches?

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Who was Theodora?

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Who was Justinian?

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