Dar al-Islam Flashcards
What was the name of the event that caused the split of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Church in 1054 CE?
The Great Schism in 1054 or East/West Schism
What was the term used to describe the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine) ruling as the political and religious head?
caesaropapism
What was the head of the Eastern Orthodox Church later called?
Patriarch of Constantinople
What was the large church built in Constantinople called?
Hagia Sophia
What was the form of common law enacted in the Eastern Roman Empire?
Code of Justinian
Provide two things that the Code of Justinian provided(civil Laws).
fair(er) law to citizens and common law
Provide an example of a Byzantine peasant rebellion.
Basil the Copperhand
What was the name of the most powerful Byzantine emperor and his wife?
Justinian
Theodora
What was the major epidemic that weakened the Byzantine Empire in the 14th century?
Black Death
Provide the name of the document that codified Islam’s initial beliefs.
Quran
What language was the Quran written in?
Arabic
Which did the inhabitants of Mecca dislike about Islam?
egalitarian
What aspect of Islam was borrowed from Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity?
monotheistic
What aspect was borrowed from Arabic religions?
Kaaba/Hajj
Provide the first two major Islamic Arab states.
Umayyad Caliphate
Abbasid Caliphate
Provide the Five Pillars of Islam.
one god; Muhammad is the last prophet
paying for charity(almsgiving)
praying 5 times a day at Mecca
pilgrimage to the house of Allah at Makkah (Hajj)
fasting in the month of Ramadan