Chapters 7-11 Review Flashcards
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Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen)
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Baghdad
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Black Sea
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Carthage
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Chrysopolis (Scutari)
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Constantinople
Find Aix-la-Chapelle (Aachen).


Find Baghdad.


Find Carthage.


Find Chrysopolis (Scutari).


Find Constantinople.


Find Heraclea.


Find Mecca.

Identify the location on the map.

Find Medina.


Find Poitiers.


Find the Black Sea.


Find the Red Sea


Find Tours.


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Heraclea
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Mecca
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Medina
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Poitiers
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Red Sea
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Tours
last of the great Roman emperors
Justinian
brilliant Roman general; conquered North Africa and parts of Italy
Belisarius
Islamic place of worship
mosque
date of Codex Justinianus (codification of Roman law)
529
the Prophet; founder of Islam
Mohammed
widow who became Mohammed’s wife
Khadijah
Mohammed’s flight from Mecca in 622 AD
Hejira
start of the Islamic calendar
Hejira
holy book of the Muslims
Koran
“I have given my promise and I must keep it.”
Mohammed
“There is but one God. Mohammed is God’s prophet.”
Khadijah
Arab marketplace
bazaar
one who poses as what he is not
imposter
tower of the muezzin
minaret
successor to Mohammed; Islamic leader
caliph
Frank who defeated the Muslims at Tours/Poitiers
Charles Martel
champion of Christianity
Charles Martel
Saracen governor of Spain who fought Martel at the battle of Tours
Abd-er-Rahman
son of Charles Martel; mayor under Childeric
Pepin the Short
“Pepin ought to be king of the Franks, for he has all the power.”
friends of Pepin
minor battle
skirmish
Date of Hejira (Mohammed’s flight from Mecca)
622
persuaded the pope to crown him king of France
Pepin the Short
chief of the Saxons
Wittekind
hero of the minore battle at Roncevalles
Roland
“Long live Charles Augustus, Emperor of the Romans.”
Pope Leo III
date of Charlemagne crowned emperor
800
type of armore made of a fabric of small linked metal rings
coat of mail
Aaron the Just
Harun-al-Rashid
most celebrated of the caliphs
Empress of the Byzantine Empire; agreed to pay protection money to Harun-al-Rashid
Empress Irene
“She ought to have made you pay tribute to her.”
Nicephorus
“Thou shalt not hear, thou shalt SEE my reply.”
Harun-al-Rashid
to seize and hold power that rightfully belongs to another
usurp