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man-made items used as sources to study history

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artifacts

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What are three primary sources?

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artifacts
written records
tradition

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What is the most important and reliable type of primary source?

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written records

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What is the name of the command for man to control the earth by exercising dominion over it?

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Creation Mandate

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5
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What is the division of labor that is part of every city?

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specialization

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Whose efforts did God use to save the human race from the Flood?

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Noah’s

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Who committed the first murder?

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Cain

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Which two rivers cradled the first civilizations?

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Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

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What biblical event does the Epic of Gilgamesh give an account of?

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the flood

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10
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What geographic factor helped preserve the monuments, the documents, and the bodies of ancient Egyptian rulers?

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the desert

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What ancient civilization was responsible for the invention of the wheel?

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Sumerians

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12
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What society were hieroglyphics and papyrus invented by?

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Egyptians

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13
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What is the term for the worship of many gods?

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polytheistic

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What is the practice of interpreting human events and destiny by the position of the planets and stars?

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astrology

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The flooding of the Nile gave the banks rich soil called ___.

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silt

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The greatest contribution of the Egyptian culture was their ___ methods. Perfecting this was necessary due to their beliefs in the afterlife.

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embalming

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The ___ may have been used by God to remove the Israelites from a position of favor which would eventually lead them to depart Egypt.

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Hyksos

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18
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What were the laws of Hammurabi based on?

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social class

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19
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The language spoken by Jesus and his disciples was probably ___.

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Aramaic

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20
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What issue did the twelve tribes of Israel divide over?

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tax increase

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21
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The Chaldeans were also known as ___.

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Babylonians

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22
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the king at the height of the Chaldean Empire

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Nebuchadnezzar

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23
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The Bible refers to Cyrus as ___.

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“The Lord’s Anointed”

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24
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What civilization was the Royal Road a part of?

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Persian

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25
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the seventy years of exile suffered by the Jews in Babylon

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Babylonian Captivity

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26
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Which Chaldean King saw a finger writing judgment on his palace wall?

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Belshazzar

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27
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List three things that the Persians borrowed from another culture.

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coinage
calendar
alphabet

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28
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Who were believed to be the originators of the alphabet?

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Phoenicians

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29
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the scattering of the Jewish people by Nebuchadnezzar

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Diaspora

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30
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The messianic line is through ___.

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David

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31
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Jerusalem was destroyed and the Jews were taken captive to Babylon in ___.

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586 BC

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32
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The leading commercial center of the early mainland Aegean civilization was ___.

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Mycenae

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33
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The Olympic Games were originally held in honor of ___.

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Zeus

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34
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What was the basic political unit of Greece?

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polis

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35
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What was the Spartan way of life centered on?

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military training

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36
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Which league did Sparta form to thwart the advance of Athenian democracy?

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Peloponnesian League

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37
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the alliance formed by Athens to protect Greece from further Persian attack

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Delian League

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38
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The government of Athens under Pericles was a ___.

A

democracy

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39
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The Peloponnesian War developed over ___.

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a rivalry between Persia and Greece.

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What was the most important result of the Peloponnesian War?

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political disunity in Greece

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41
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What is the name of the period in which Greek culture was spread throughout the ancient world?

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Hellenistic Age

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42
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The apostle Paul’s visit to Athens brought him into conflict with ___.

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Epicureans and Stoics

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43
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Herodotus and Thucydides were ___.

A

historians

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44
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Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian refer to Greek ___.

A

architecture

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45
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Who was the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?

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Homer

46
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type of government that is the “rule by one”

A

monarchy

47
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type of government that is the “rule by a few”

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oligarchy

48
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type of government that is the “rule by the people”

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democracy

49
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type of government that is the “rule by force”

A

tyranny

50
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the breakdown of government and order

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anarchy

51
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Who was Homer?

A

a poet

52
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Who said “Know thyself.”

A

Socrates

53
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Who was the Father of Medicine?

A

Hippocrates

54
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Who was the Father of History?

A

Herodotus

55
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Who was the Father of Geometry?

A

Euclid

56
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What river was Rome established on?

A

Tiber

57
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The Law of Twelve Tables was important primarily because it ___.

A

was the first Roman law that was written down

58
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Much of the First Punic War was fought over control of the island of ___.

A

Sicily

59
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At the Battle of Cannae, Hannibal defeated the Romans by ___.

A

surrounding them on all sides

60
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The victory of Sulla in the first civil war increased the power of the ___.

A

Senate

61
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“crossing the Rubicon” means

A

making a fateful decision from which there is no turning back

62
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Julius Caesar was assassinated in the ___.

A

first century BC

63
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After the death of Julius Caesar, Rome was ruled by ___.

A

Antony and Octavian

64
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What is the most famous of the Roman roads?

A

Appian Way

65
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first Roman to organize a professional army that served for financial gain rather than for patriotism

A

Marius

66
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established a calendar that is the basis of our own

A

Julius Caesar

67
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What was Cleopatra?

A

a ruler of Egypt

68
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How did Rome win the loyalty of its captives?

A

it generally treated them with mercy & fairness

69
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What city was destroyed, yet preserved, by a volcanic eruption?

A

Pompeii

70
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The Septuagint is the translation of the Old Testament into ___.

A

Hebrew

71
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Which Roman province was Jesus born in?

A

Judea

72
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Why did persecution of the Christians begin?

A

Because Christians refused to worship the emperor.

73
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What was the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

A

Constantinople

74
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What Roman engineering accomplishment supplied water to the cities?

A

aqueducts

75
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Christ was brought before which Roman governor?

A

Pontius Pilot

76
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What is the practice of withdrawing from all worldly cares and possessions and practicing strict discipline and religious exercises?

A

monasticism

77
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Which ancient eastern city became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire?

A

Byzantine

78
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Which city was the meeting place of East and West and the vital link in both land and sea trade routes?

A

Constantinople

79
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What was Justinian’s goal during his reign?

A

to restore the greatness of the Roman Empire

80
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“Hagia Sophia” means

A

“holy wisdom”

81
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The Byzantine secret weapon that would burn on water was called ___.

A

Greek fire

82
Q

The Swedish Norsemen who plundered Slavic villages in Russia were ___.

A

Varangians

83
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In early Russia what important river was used as a major trade route with the Byzantine Empire?

A

Dnieper

84
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The Slavic alphabet was adapted from the ___ alphabet.

A

Greek

85
Q

Who do the Arabs trace their beginnings to?

A

Ishmael

86
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What aspect of the Judeo-Christian belief impressed and influenced Muhammad?

A

the belief in one god

87
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Initially, Muhammad was persecuted in Mecca because of fear that he would ___.

A

interfere with the profitable business of the Black Stone

88
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What was the major problem after Muhammad’s death?

A

he did not appoint a successor

89
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What stopped the Muslim advance in Europe?

A

the Battle of Tours

90
Q

Al-Rāzi and Ibn Sina are best known for their knowledge in the field of ___.

A

medicine

91
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Which religion threatened the Byzantine Empire through the invasion of the Turkish peoples?

A

Islam

92
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What was the largest ethnic group living in early Russia?

A

Slavs

93
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What is the name of the sacred shrine in Mecca that once housed hundreds of pagan idols?

A

Kaaba

94
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In which city did Muhammad become a spiritual, political, and military leader?

A

Medina

95
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Muslims pray toward and take pilgrimages to what city?

A

Mecca

96
Q

desert herdsmen

A

Bedouins

97
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the Muslim god

A

Allah

98
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“submission” to Allah

A

Islam

99
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“submitter” to Allah

A

Muslim

100
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birthplace of Muhammad

A

Mecca

101
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Muhammad’s flight to Medina

A

Hegira

102
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Muslim holy book

A

Qur’an

103
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“holy war”

A

jihad

104
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first caliph

A

Abu Bakr

105
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wife of Justinian

A

Theodora

106
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“Bulgar Slayer”

A

Basil II (2nd)

107
Q

missionary to the Slavic peoples

A

Methodius

108
Q

Muslim poet

A

Omar Khayyam

109
Q

Although Justinian is credited with taking the Byzantine Empire to its height, he also gets the blame for ___.

A

bringing it to financial ruin

110
Q

Russia likely derived its name from the Slavic “Rus” meaning ___.

A

“rowers” or “seafarers”

111
Q

Muslims claim the Qur’an is the record of Muhammad’s visions from ___.

A

Gabriel

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