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1
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How did Ancient Greek knowledge get to medieval Europe?

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Ancient Greeks > scholars in Italy fled to Byzantium > Byzantine libraries/schools/scholars > Islamic scholars and centers of learning > Western Europe

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Justinian

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-reconquered and reclaimed Italy
-had a strong and capable wife
-was educated in Latin and Greek
-loved building projects
-loved the arts

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Four books of Justinian Code

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  1. Codex Justinianus
  2. Digesta
  3. Institutiones
  4. Novellae Constitutiones
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What is Codex Justinianus?

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compilation of laws from earlier Roman empires

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5
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What is the Digesta?

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compliation of writings from Roman jurists

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What is Institutiones?

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textbook law for law students

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7
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What is Novellae Constitutiones?

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new laws enacted by Justinian

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8
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Who wrote “The Histories”?

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Herodotus

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9
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Who wrote “The Republic?”

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Plato

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10
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Who founded the Lyceum?

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Aristotle

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11
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Who wrote the “Apology”?

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Plato

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12
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Who wrote “Politics?”

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Aristotle

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13
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Who did not have any written works?

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Socrates

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14
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Who founded the Academy?

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Plato

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15
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Who wrote “Ethics”?

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Aristotle

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16
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Who wrote “On the Soul and Poetics?”

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Aristotle

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17
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Who was famous for teaching in the public places using questioning?

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Socrates

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18
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Characteristics of Kore/Korai

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-6th century
-smooth, rounded muscles and an extended arm
-archaic smile and decorated hairstyle
-paint

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19
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Who was the most successful Athenian dramatist?

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Sophocles

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20
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Thick, simple columns that tapered dramatically

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Doric columns

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21
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Thinner, more graceful looking columns that tapered slightly

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Ionic columns

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22
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Three part of the building: architrave, frieze, cornice

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entablature

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23
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contained sculptured scenes on a building

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metope

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24
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lots of 3-D in the sculpture

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high relief

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25
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flatter, less depth, more 2-D in the sculpture

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low relief

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26
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columns that swell dramatically in the middle, looking like they’re really bearing the weight of the entablature

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entasis

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27
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the triangle part of the frieze, usually contained sculpture of high or low relief

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pediment

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28
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columns on all four sides of the building

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peristyle

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29
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widely available building material

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limestone

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30
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scarce building material

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marble

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31
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style name for realistic art that portrays wisdom and age

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veristic style

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32
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What did Cicero write?

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record of the court proceedings which resulted in his exile

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33
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Two features that shaped the look of Roman architecture

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arch and concrete

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34
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Who believed everything has its origins in water

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Thales of Miletus

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35
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Who believed the world is made up of a single common material: air

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Anazimenes

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36
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Who believed you can’t step into the same river twice

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Heraclitus

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37
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Who believed that man is the measure of all things (rather than the divine)

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Protagoras

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38
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Who believed in the four elements: earth, air, fire, water

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Empedocles of Acragas

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39
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Who believed matter is made of infinitely small parts

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Anaxagoras

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40
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Who believed you can’t trust your senses

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Parmenides

41
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Who believed the unexamined life is not worth living

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Socrates

42
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Who believed in ideal forms

A

Plato

43
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Who believed it is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it

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Aristotle

44
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“For I go about doing nothing but persuading you all, young and old, not to care for your bodies for money more than for the excellence of your souls, saying that virus does not come from money, but that it is from virtue that money comes and every other good of man, both private and public.”
comes from

A

Plato’s “Apology”

45
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Who was the leader of Greece during the Golden Age, connected with the great achievements of Athens? AKA “First Citizen of Athens”

A

Pericles

46
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Who was the emperor during the Great Persecution of 303-311?

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Diocletian

47
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Who was the emperor that moved the capital?

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Constantine

48
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Who was the emperor that issued the Edict of Milan 313?

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Constantine

49
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Who was the emperor that declared himself semi-divine

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Diocletian

50
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Who was the emperor that divided the empire into two, then divided it again?

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Diocletian

51
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Who was the emperor that managed to protect the borders of the Roman empire?

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Diocletian

52
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Who was the emperor known for the Tetrarchy of Four?

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Diocletian

53
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Who was the emperor known for an era of toleration?

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Constantine

54
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Who was the emperor that shifted the center of the Roman Empire to the east?

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Constantine

55
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Who was the emperor that became Christian?

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Constantine

56
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Who was the emperor that had the Council of Nicaea?

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Constantine

57
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wars between Rome and Carthage

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Punic wars

58
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a sculpture in motion

A

Discobolos

59
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the characteristic of 3D in a sculpture

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Relief

60
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a landowner in ancient Rome, but not elite

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Plebian

61
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six groups of long-short-short syllables

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Dactylic hexameter

62
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wars between Greece and Darius 1 and his successors

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Persian War

63
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the upper class in ancient Rome

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Patrician

64
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wars between Athens and Sparta and their respective allies

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Peloponnesian Wars

65
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four rulers of the divided Roman empire

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Tetrarchy

66
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the ideal male proportion

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Doryphoros

67
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politically neutral organization of Greek city-states

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Delian League

68
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music or poetry that typically represents Dionysus

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Dithyramb

69
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a four-note scale

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tetrachord

70
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the chanting or psalms by a Jewish rabbi

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Cantillation

71
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a two-pipe reed instrument

A

aulos

72
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a scale whose particular arrangement of whole- and half- steps creates a unique mood or sound

A

mode

73
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the second level of a basilica or church

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clerestory

74
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Ka’bah

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cube

75
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triangles formed by the intersection of two arches

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pendentive

76
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whether or not it was blasphemous to use images or icons in art

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iconoclastic controversy

77
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a horizontal band at the top of a building decorated with sculpture

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frieze

78
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the triangular upper section of the front of a classical building

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pediment

79
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an oil flask used for funerary offerings and painted with mourning or graveside scenes

A

Lekythos

80
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lighthearted, for the purpose of comic relief in the middle of tragedies

A

Satyr play

81
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Mathematical proportions in the movements of celestial bodies as a form of music

A

Music of the spheres

82
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Characteristics of Islamic art

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-abstract geometric patterns
-calligraphy
-words of the Qur’an
-varies depending on region and culture
elegantly curving vegetal and floral shapes

83
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Who was a commentator on Aristotle; father of secular thought in the West; reconciled Greek philosophy with Islam?

A

Averroes

84
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Who was a Persian scientist and philosopher and commentator on Aristotle?

A

Avicenna

85
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Who was a scientist and physician that said that washing your hands prevents the spread of disease?

A

Maimonides

86
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Who invented algebra and 0?

A

al-Kwarizmi

87
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Who invented decimals and correctly calculated the solar year?

A

al-Uqlidisi

88
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Dome of the Rock religion

A

Christianity, Judaism, Islam

89
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Wailing Wall religion

A

Judaism

90
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Scala Santa religion

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Christianity

91
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What material was used to build many Abbassid buildings?

A

mud bricks

92
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Who built the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem?

A

Umayyad Caliphate

93
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Who built the Mosque of Samarra?

A

Abbasid Caliphate

94
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Who built the House of Wisdom?

A

Abbasid Caliphate

95
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Who built the Great Mosque of Damascus?

A

Umayyad Caliphate

96
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Who built the Great Mosque of al-Mutawakill

A

Abbasid Caliphate

97
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Who built the Great Mosque of Cordoba?

A

Umayyad Caliphate

98
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