history ch 6 test Flashcards
the last city of the byzantine empire was
constantinople
the fall of constantinople was in
1453
what was the edict of milan
legalized christianity
the fall of w rome was in
476
what did Constantine and Greeks call new rome and what is it called today
constantine-constantinople
greeks- byzantine
today- istanbul
Constantine ____________________ on his death bed
converted to christianity
the fall of constantinople caused Columbus to
sail west to India/china
justinian preserved
roman law (justinians code)
justinian built the hagia Sophia. it is a ___________and means __________
mask; holy wisdom
who was justinians wife
Theodora; helped him end Nika (“conqueror”) revolt
icons were
paintings of christ
(icons vs iconoclasts, riots)
basil II was a
bulgar slayer
-military success against muslims
crushed Bulgars in balkan region
Greek fire was
an early flame flower used against ottomans
byzantine contributions include
-mosaics
-classic heritage of Greek/rome
-gov’t system
-cyril and Methodius take gospel to slavics
-cyrillic alphabet
excommunication
depriving someone of sacraments and fellowship of church
what was capital of early russia
kiev
-trade w/ byzantine
-city for 300 years
-“rus”- rowers
_________ people are the largest ethnic group in early russia
slavic
Varangians are
-vikings who took control of russia
-demanded tribute/slaves (slav-slave)
_____ was a Varangians warrior
rurik
the start of russia was in ___
862 ad
who established orthodox Christianity as a state religion
Vladimir I
tzar turned into
caesar
yaroslav
last Viking king and built Sophia kiev
Kiev is the
mother of Russian cities
Arabia is the
cradle of islam
-unorganized gov’t
-un-unified people
-warfare
jihad means
holy war
bedouins
-hospitable
-live in desert
Muhammad means
highly praised
islam means
submission
muslim means
submitters to allah
mecca is the
holy city
ka’bah is a sacred
shrine that housed hundreds of idols
-merchants profited
-black stone from angel Gabriel inside
hegira means
flight
-muhammad flees from mecca to medina
qur’an, aka ________ is a sacred book of Muslims that teaches of allah
recitations
who was the first caliph (“successors”)
abu bakr
battle of tours 732
muslim advance into Europe is stopped
shari’ah law were a set of laws that regulate
aspects of Muslim life, some people want it in usa
Muslim contributions
medicine, literature, math
muslim math contributions
concept of 0
Muslim medicine contributions
-al-razi and ibn sina worked on small pox and tuberculosis
-surgical skills
-clean hospitals
Muslim lit contributions
Arabian nights by Omar khayyam
______ want the holy land back from muslims
crusaders
roman Catholic church (w)
-priests no marry
-no divorce
-latin
Eastern Orthodox (e)
-priest marry
-can divorce (under certain circumstances)
-greek/local languages
how were russians influenced by byzantines
-hellinistic culture
-architechture (onion dome)
-cyrillic alphabet
-caesar to tzar
-laws
-religion
5 pillars
-Salat-Muslims pray up to 5x/day facing Mecca
-Zakat-devout must give to the poor
-Sawm-fast from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan
-Haji is a trip to Mecca
-Shahadah-confession of Islam
