Knowlege Organiser

Question 1

What was the capital of the Byzantine Empire?

Answer 1

Constantinople

Question 2

Who ruled the Byzantine Empire in the eleventh century?

Answer 2

Empress Zoe

Question 3

Which two continents was Constantinople at the centre of?

Answer 3

Europe and Asia

Question 4

Which two religions was Constantinople at the centre of?

Answer 4

Christianity and Islam

Question 5

What was the name of the land routes that connected Constantinople with India and China?

Answer 5

The Silk Roads

Question 6

What was transported along the Silk Roads?

Answer 6

Goods to trade

Question 7

When did Caliph al-Mansur start building Baghdad?

Answer 7

762

Question 8

Why did the Abbasids move the capital of the Islamic Empire further east from Damascus?

Answer 8

The empire had expanded to the east

Question 9

Why did al-Mansur choose Baghdad for the location of his new capital?

Answer 9

It was at the centre of trade routes

Question 10

What did Al-Mansur believe it was essential to build in Baghdad so that he would be remembered as a great caliph?

Answer 10

Fine palaces and beautiful mosques

Question 11

Where, in Baghdad, did scholars work?

Answer 11

The House of Wisdom

Question 12

What did scholars do in the House of Wisdom?

Answer 12

Translated texts into Arabic and created new knowledge

Question 13

In which subjects did scholars translate texts and create new knowledge?

Answer 13

Maths, science, geography and technology

Question 14

Where had some ancient texts survived?

Answer 14

The Byzantine Empire

Question 15

Who was the author of the famous geometry book that the Byzantine Emperor sent to al-Mansur?

Answer 15

Euclid

Question 16

From where did Baghdad traders bring back knowledge of paper-making?

Answer 16

China

Question 17

What did caliphs and other rich citizens start building to spread knowledge in the eleventh century?

Answer 17

Madrasas

Question 18

What did madrasas provide inspiration for?

Answer 18

European universities

Question 19

Why was astronomy so important to Arab Muslims?

Answer 19

To know direction of Makkah and when each new moon would appear

Question 20

Which famous Ancient Greek doctor’s books were translated into Baghdad?

Answer 20

Galen

Question 21

What did al-Masudi use his knowledge of the stars and the world to make?

Answer 21

Maps

Question 22

Where did the mathematical knowledge that was used in the House of Wisdom come from?

Answer 22

The Greeks, Hindus and Persians

Question 23

Which religion influenced the caliphs’ belief that sick people should be cared for?

Answer 23

Islam

Question 24

Who wrote nearly two hundred books on medicine in the tenth century?

Answer 24

al-Razi (Rhazes)

Question 25

Whose ideas did al-Razi (Rhazes) partially challenge?

Answer 25

Galen

Question 26

What religion was Hunain ibn Ishaq, who went to Baghdad to study medicine in the ninth century?

Answer 26

Christian

Question 27

When was Foy probably alive?

Answer 27

Late third or early fourth century

Question 28

What religion were Foy's parents?

Answer 28

Pagans who worshiped Roman gods

Question 29

What religion did Foy convert to?

Answer 29

Christianity

Question 30

What happened to many Christians in the fourth century?

Answer 30

They were persecuted

Question 31

What was Foy's punishment for refusing to give up her Christian beliefs?

Answer 31

She was tortured, dragged to a temple and her head was cut off

Question 32

What did Christians in south-west France make in the eleventh century to remember Foy?

Answer 32

A statue with her body inside

Question 33

What did the Roman emperor Constantine allow in 313, ten years after Foy's death?

Answer 33

Christians to worship freely

Question 34

What did Christians build once they could worship freely?

Answer 34

Churches

Question 35

Who led the church in western Europe?

Answer 35

The pope in Rome

Question 36

Who became saints?

Answer 36

1. Christians, like Foy, who were martyrs 2. Christians who had lived model lives

Question 37

Why did the monks of Conques want a more famous relic?

Answer 37

1. So more pilgrims would stop in Conques 2. To protect the monastery

Question 38

What did Arinisdus steal from Foy's tomb and bring back to Conques?

Answer 38

Foy's body

Question 39

Who began to visit Conques once Foy's relics were there?

Answer 39

Crowds of pilgrims

Question 40

How far had Foy's cult spread by the eleventh century?

Answer 40

To Italy and England

Question 41

What happened when Bernard of Angers visited Foy's relics in Conques in 1013?

Answer 41

He witnessed a miracle and apologised to God for mistrusting Foy! He wrote a book called ‘The Miracles of Saint Foy’