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becomes constantinople
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byzantine
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constantinople is located on what body of water
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bosporus
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the city
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consantinople
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constantinoples port
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golden horn
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main street
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mese/ middle way
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1st building with dome on top of rectangle
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hagia sophia
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chariot races are held
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hippodrome
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1st goal of justinian
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reconquer roman lands
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2nd goal of justinian
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simplify/organize law
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3rd goal of justinian
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launch a building program
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4 parts of code of justinian
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code, digest, institutes and novella
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sends missionaries to china who steal silkworm and mulberry tree seeds
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justinian
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do not want icons
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iconoclasts
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excommunicated eachother
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leo the 3rd and gregory the 2nd
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ignites on fire no matter what
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greek fire
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wandering nomads
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bedouins
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spirits that were worshipped before muhammad
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jinns
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where muhammad was born
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mecca
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shrine with 1360 different religious objects
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kaaba
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allahs shrine
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black stone of mecca
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muhammads wife is
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khadija
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believe in one god
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haniff
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means surrendering to god
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islam
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name of trip to medina
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hegira flight
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means surrendering ones
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muslims
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holy book
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koran
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chapters of koran
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suras
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sucessor to prophet
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caliphs
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caliphates
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dynasty
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1sr caliph
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abu-bakr-korah
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islam's conquerer
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omar
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accused of nepotuism (favortism)
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uthman
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had a civil war
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ali
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capitol city of the orthodox caliphate
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medina
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capitol of umayyad dynasty
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damascus
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become muslims
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berbers
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spanish muslims
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moors
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abbasid dynasty capitol
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baghdad
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the round city
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baghdad
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believe that the religious leader must be a descendant of muhammad
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shiites
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believe that anyone can be a religious leader if they are orthodox/ muslim
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sunnis
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guidelines for correct living
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five pillars of islam
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declare that there is no god but allah and muhammad is a prophet
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faith
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pray 5x daily, face mecca, purify hands and feet
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prayer
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call people to prayer
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muezzins
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give part of money to poor
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alms
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fast during the holy month of ramadan
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fasting
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go to mecca to see black stone
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pilgrimage
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white garment worn during pilgrimage
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ihram
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holy war
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jihad
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place of worship
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mosque
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islamic scholars
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mullahs
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hell for nonbelievers
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jahimen
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monotheistic people
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people of the book
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reasons for conquest
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jihad and need for fertile land
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battle that stopped european conquest
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battle of tours
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art has no
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people or animals
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metal to gold
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alchemy
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studies smallpox and measles
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rhazees
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5 volume encyclopedia of all the medical knowledge
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avicenna
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height of stars and latitude
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astrolabe
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developed algebra
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al-khwarizm
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wrote love poems
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rubaiyat
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legends and folk tales
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arabian nights
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rock where muhammad went to heaven
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dome of the rock
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wailing wall
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jews
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golgotha/jesus's tomb
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christians
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plains
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steppes
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separate europe and asia
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ural mtns
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1st history of russians
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primary chronicles
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1st russian prince
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rurik
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capitol of russia
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kiev
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region with short growing season
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taiga
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nobles
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boyars
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1st christian ruler in russia
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olga
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made christianity the official religion
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vladimir
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alphabet for slavic language
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cyril
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council of nobles
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duma
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town meeting
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veche
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new kind of ruler
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sultan
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seljuk turks take asia minor
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battle of manzikert
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army of captured christians
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janissaries
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last byzantine emperor
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constantine the eleventh
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christian's fight for the holy land
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crusades
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religion make
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money
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5000 laws in effect
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code
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main legal opinions of judges
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digest
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how to use the code, like an index
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institutes
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the laws added after the code
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novella
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built city-walls/hagia sophia
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justinian
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