Byzantine Empire + Islam

Question 1

5 pillars

Answer 1

Prayer, Faith, Charity/almsgiving, Pilgrimage (Hajj), Fasting

Question 2

Geographic benefits of Constantinople

Answer 2

Center of Trade, in between Black and Aegean Sea, good location between 2 continents

Question 3

Achievements of Justinian

Answer 3

Built Hagia Sophia, expanded empire, Created a unified system of laws, preserved Roman and Greek culture,

Question 4

Great Schism

Answer 4

A splitting of Eastern and Western Christianity due to religious differences such as bread for communion, the Nicene Creed, and the use of idols

Question 5

Byzantine impact on Russia

Answer 5

copied their art, literature, architecture, Orthodox Christianity

Question 6

Quoran

Answer 6

Holy book of Islam

Question 7

2 sects of Islam

Answer 7

Shia and Sunni, split because of disagreements over Mahammud succesor

Question 8

How are most Islamic rulers

Answer 8

strong and tolerant

Question 9

Ottoman empire

Answer 9

Islamic gov, tolerant towards non-muslims, changes Constantinople to Istanbul, influenced by Islam

Question 10

Achievements of Abbasid golden age

Answer 10

Germs, quarantine, cataracts surgery, calligraphy, scribed books, domed buildings, mosques, Arabic numerals

Question 11

Babur and Mughal Dynsaty

Answer 11

Tolerant, gunpowder empire

Question 12

Islamic Caliphites

Answer 12

used cannons (gunpowder empire) to gain control of neighbors, tolerant,