(Chapter 6) Flashcards
What was the five pillars of Islam?
1) Recite the shahadah.(There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad his prophet)
2) Pray five times a day
3) Give alms (to the poor) (Zakat)
4) Fast during ramadon (Shawn)
5) Go to pilgrimage to Mecca (a City) (Hajj)
In 330, Constantine dedicated a new capital to the Roman Empire called _____.
Constantinople (New Rome)
The first great period of Byzantine history and culture came during the reign of what emperor?
Justinian
Justinian owed much of his success to who?
his wife Theodora
What was the name of the riot during Justinian’s reign?
Nika Revolt
What were the laws given by Justinian that clarified Roman legal principles?
The Justinian Code
Hagia Sophia (a church) means what?
Holy Wisdom
What happened to the patriarch of Constantinople when he refused to accept the decision that the pope was taking over the churches in southern Italy?
he was excommunicated
What is an icon?
painted images of Christ and the saints
Who is known as the “Bulgar Slayer”?
Basil II
What happened at the battle of Manzikert?
the Seljuk Turks annihilated the Byzantine
What were the crusades?
military expeditions to help the Byzantine’s fight against the Turks
When did the Ottoman Turks sack Constantinople and kill the last Byzantine emperor which ended the Byzantine Empire?
1453
What two brothers were Byzantine missionaries to the Slavic people of Russia and south eastern Europe?
Cyril and Methodius
What is the name for a decorative art where inlaid pieces of glass or stone in wet cement or plaster make a pattern or picture?
Mosaic
