Test 4 Flashcards
Eastern Roman Empire
Byzantine Empire
Called new Rome
Constantinople
Exploding chemicals that ignite instantly and burn underwater
Greek fire
Ruler during first great period of Byzantine history
Justinian
Justinian’s wife
Theodora
Revolt during which Justinian and his wife stayed and faced the uprising
Nika revolt
You should know this but I’m putting this here so you know that you need to know it
Justinian code
Roman Catholic Church
Western church
Also called Byzantine church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Painted images of Christ and saints
Icons
Depriving of sacraments and excluding from church
Exocommunicating
Bulgar slayer
Basil II
Byzantine’s rival in trade
Venice
Nomadic tribes from Asia with Arab culture
Seljuk
Attempts of West Rome to free east Rome from Muslim invasion
Crusades
I laying pieces of glass in plaster
Mosaic
3 groups of Russian slaves
East, West, and Yugo Slavs
Band of Swedish norsemen who invaded Slav villages
Varangians
Established first ruling dynasty of Russia
Rurik
Center of Russian state
Kiev
Rowers or seafarers
Rus
The wise
Yaroslav
Came from descendants of Ishmael
Arabia
Arabians
Bedouins
Last and greatest of Allah’s prophets
Muhammad
Means submission
Islam
Submitters to Allah
Muslims
Birthplace of Mohammed
Mecca
Hegra
Flight to medina
Muslim book- Muslims believe Gabriel revealed it to Mohammad through visions
Qur’an
5 pillars of Islam
1: shahada- accepting Islam/ 2:salat- daily prayers while facing Mecca/ 3:Zakat- alms to the poor/ 4:Sawm- fast during the month of Ramadan/ 5:Hajj- pilgrimage to Mecca
Successors of Mohammed
Caliphs
First caliph
Abu Bakr
Holy war
Jihad
Stopped Muslim advance to Europe
Battle of Tours
Peak of Muslim Empire
Abbasid Caliphate
Where Muslims got their math from
India
Medical writers
Galen and Hippocrates
Most famous Muslim physicians
Al-Rāz and Ibn Sina
Beautiful writing
Calligraphy
Person who calls Muslims to prayer from the Minaret
Muezzin