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HIST 1001 > Transformation of the Mediterranean World > Flashcards

Transformation of the Mediterranean World Flashcards

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persecutions

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  • during the 2nd-4th century
  • Christians persecuted any pagans
  • it depended on what authority was in charge
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Perpetua

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  • 203 AD
  • arrested w/ group of slaves where she is put on trial.
  • she refuses to burn inscents during trial.
  • her dad begs her to do it
  • she is condemned to death
  • became a matry
  • killed as entertainment
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matyrs

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  • greek for witness
  • to die for a cause
  • sometime it almost seemed like suicide
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Domus Ecclesia

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house that were remolded for prayer and worship

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sacraments

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  • rituals that christ trusted to the catholic church
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eucharist

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symbolic sacrifice; bread and wine

- become a ritual meal for Christians

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baptism

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full baptism; parallel to baptism of Jesus

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tertarchy

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leading with 4 rulers

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Diocletian, 284-305

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  • ruled from 284-305
  • Originally a goat herder then fought in the military and began to move up the ranks and eventually emperor in 284 and tries to solve problems like
#1 Succession crisis (splitting up power in Empire)
#2 Feeding troops (let farmers pay taxes with food instead of \$\$$)
#3 Growing Christianity (he persecuted Christians)
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Constantine, 306-337

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  • becomes a general then Caesar of the West
  • brother-in-law tries to turn everyone against him so he decides to MARCH AGAINST ROME
  • kicks ass and bears chi rho on all his stuff
  • creates Constantinople
  • helps christianize Roman empire
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Milvian Bridge

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  • battle in 312 the Constantine wins
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chi rho

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early symbol for Christianity

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Edict of Milan

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issues 3 things

  1. all religions will be tolerated in the Roman world
  2. any christians who lost anything will be compensated
  3. from now on the christian God will be the favored God throughout Rome.

written by Constantine and Licium

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Council of Nicaea

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where all the christian leaders get together to hash out what christianity really is

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Constantinople

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  • contained Hagia Sophia
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Hagia Sophia

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  • large dome church in constantinople
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St. Peters

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  • church built by Constantine over the tomb of St. Peter
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Holy Sepulchre

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  • church within the old city of Jerusalem

- supposedly where jesus was buried

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Visigoths

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  • first of the tribes that enter Roman world
  • get enslaved by the Huns
  • some ran away to the Roman Empire
  • 60,000 people cross the Danube into Roman Empire where they live in huge refugee camps
  • eventually rise against Roman Empire
  • become nomadic tribe within empire
  • arrive in Rome- 410 AD and pillage Rome for 3 days
  • they take the emperor’s sister
  • they were christians
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Huns

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  • asiatic language
  • attacked china
    moved form Mongolia to westward Asia with giant calavary
  • eventually cross into the Roman Empire
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410

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Visigoths arrive in Rome

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Attila 434-453

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  • Leader of the Huns
  • charismatic leader
  • Huns disappear entirely after his death
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Romulus Augustulus, 475-476

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  • Not a powerful Roman Emperor
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Justinian 527-564

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  • Rules 100 years after Rome collapses
  • Wife named Theodora- daughter of a bear trainer- had to change the Roman laws to marry her. They were a good team
  • he opened many law schools and lgal books
  • goal was to assemble the Empire
  • builds San Vitale in Ravenna
  • christian
  • murders a bunch of people in a stadium
  • rebuilt Hagia Sophia
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Nika Revolt

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he executes some charioteers and crowd is angry and begins revolting and destorying the city.

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Persians

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  • modern day Iran
  • indo-european language
  • came into the area around 1K BC
  • starts invading Asia minor and flees to Contantinople.
  • takes over Damascus and Jerusalem in 614 and Alexandria in 619
  • they steal a piece of the holy cross
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Heraclius 610-641

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  • organizes an army in Constantinople to battle back Persians
  • he’s successful and demands return of the cross relic
  • people make a coin after him with the cross and him and his son on it.
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Bedouin

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muslims desert people

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Mecca

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  • Islamic City
  • Pre Islam religion polytheistic and religious center was here.
  • Ran by the most powerful family
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Medina

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  • Islamic City
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Ka’ba

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  • holiest place in islam

- large cube shape building

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Muhammad, 570-632

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  • was part of one of the families that ran Mecca in 570
  • merchant, educated, marries a wealthy widow
  • decides to retire and be religious in the mountains
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Allah

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  • muslim God
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Qu’ran

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  • the visions of recitations of waht occured b/w Muhammad and the Angel Gabriel from Allah
  • divided into 114 versions
  • holy religious text of Islam
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Islam

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  • was polytheistic, until Muhammad comes in saying there is one god of the Islamic Fiaht
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Muslims

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  • Followers of Islam
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Musa

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  • muslim Moses
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Isa

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  • Muslim Jesus
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Five pillars of Islam

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Zakat
- charity tax
Ramadan
-month long fast that commemorates an important battle
- no eating or drinking during daylight hours
- ends in a huge feast
Hajj
- yearly pilgrimage to Mecca
Salat
- prayer
muslims pray 5 times a day at set hours
Shahadah
- profession of Faith
-central tenant in Islam
-In arabic it is quite poetic
-strict monotheism
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Caliphs

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  • successor

- 1st few Caliphs were all the same tribe of Muhammad

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Umayyads

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  • Sunni Dynasty
  • Take over the Caliphs
  • they move the capital to Damascus
  • Arabic language takes over eastern Roman world
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Ali, 656-661

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  • the 4th Caliph during civil war
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Shi’a

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supporters of Alli

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Sunni

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anyone who didn’t support Alli

- majority of the Muslims

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Abbasids

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  • takes over Umayyads

- built new capital city (Baghdad) on Tigris river

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Baghdad

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  • very close to the Old Persian capital
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Dome of the Rock

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  • 692 AD
  • in jerusalem
  • becomes a holy place for islam (use to be for christianity)

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