Constinople

Question 1

Which empire continued

Answer 1

Eastern empire into Byzantium empire with Constinople

Question 2

Justinian

Answer 2

• Compiled textbook of legal principles (corpus luris)
• mistress: Theodora
• strengthened Christianity

Question 3

Nika riots

Answer 3

Caused much of Constantinople to be burned

-was stopped by Justinianas commander Belisarius bribing one aside and massacring the other.

Question 4

Hagria Sophia

Answer 4

Impressive church build by Justinian

Question 5

Work and women’s lives in Constantinople

Answer 5

Work: artists, mint workers, silk makers, merchants, farmers
Women: home, male escorts, covered with veils (elite), poor worked in shops

Question 6

Who did Belisarius conquer

Answer 6

Vandals and Italy

Question 7

Plague

Answer 7

Caused 5000-10000 to die a day
Black swellings appeared then coma
Theodora dies

Question 8

Theodora

Answer 8

Tried to eliminate prostitution by giving poor women dowries

Question 9

Sassanian empire

Answer 9

Persian nobleman overthrew Parthian king and created Sassanian empire where Christians, Jews, and Manichaeans lived, but plague made them weak too.

Question 10

Who brought the true cross back to Jerusalem

Answer 10

Heraclius

Question 11

Silk Road

Answer 11

4000 mile trade route from China and India to Constantinople and Rome.

Question 12

Bedouin

Answer 12

Migrants of the desert (shepherds)

Question 13

Muhammad

Answer 13

• merchant who got visions in a cave
• spoke to polytheists of Mecca’s and Allah
• people threatened him and followers and he went to Medina
• built shrine in Medina
• supported polygamy
• Qu’ran and Hadith

Question 14

Five pillars of Islam (voluntary submission to God)

Answer 14

1. Acknowledge God as supreme
2. Pray 5x a day
3. Charity
4. Fast during Ramadan
5. Pilgrimage to Mecca

Question 15

Two groups that emerged out of Islam

Answer 15

Shiite’s- only relatives should succeed

Sunni’s -appointed by census should succeed

Question 16

Who is Jesus in Islam

Answer 16

A prophet but not God

Question 17

Iconoclasm

Answer 17

Destruction of images done by emperor Leo the isaurian

Question 18

Done of the rock location

Answer 18

Site of Jewish second temple

Christian holy wisdom location

Question 19

Theodoric

Answer 19

Led eastern branch of Goths to recapture Italy

• agreed to split Italy
• Arian
• didn’t force religion
• treaty with vandals broke and Visigoths asserted dominance

Question 20

Lombards

Answer 20

(Germanic people) who conquered Milan

• Romans feared them
• starved out Tuscany
• rifled churches
• became romanized
• arians

Question 21

Benedict

Answer 21

Monistic life with choir

-sister started community of nuns

Question 22

Some abbesses claimed to be able to do what

Answer 22

Grant absolution

Question 23

Gregory

Answer 23

• born in Roman aristocratic family
• became monk
• became pope
• helped feed poor and build hospitals
• sent missionaries to angles and Saxon’s

Question 24

Franks

Answer 24

Germanic warriors who controlled northern Gaul

-Clovis defeats visigoths, Ostrogoths and burgundians then converts to Christianity

Question 25

Charlemagne

Answer 25

• tall guy and Christian warrior
• conquered saxons and lombards
• pope Leo 3 makes him emperor
• creates Fealty where a lesser nobleman (vassal) swears oath to master.

Question 26

Carolingian Renaissance

Answer 26

First of three medical Renaissance’s

-increase of literatures, writing, arts, architecture, scriptural studies etc.