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33 Cards in this Set
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Byzantine |
Constantinople Central govt Bureaucracy Hagia Sophia (church, architecture) Theocracy Monasteries Proselytizing (spreading faith to others) Silk rd Theme system (peasants free if they join military) Education Hippodrome (a large Stadium like coliseum) Seljuk turks deleted them all |
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Emperor Constantine |
Renamed Byzantium to Constantinople |
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Constantinople |
Ruled Eastern half of Roman Empire On European side of Bosporus strait Center of trade University |
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Justinian I |
Expanded hogia Sophia Corpus luris civilis (body of civil law) |
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Heraclius |
Spoke Greek rather than Latin Greatly reduced the power and influence of the sassanids in so Asia |
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Leo lll |
Began Syrian dynasty Iconoclasm (the practice of opposing the veneration of religious icons and images) |
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Basil ll |
Forces defeated the bulgars at the battle of kleidon |
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Cyril |
Missionary Created Cyrillic alphabet |
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Battle of manzikert |
Seljuk turks defeated Byzantine |
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Normans |
Took control of Sicily and southern Italy from the Byzantines |
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Theme system |
Peasants freedom if they joined military Byzantine |
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Proselytizing |
Spreading faith to others |
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Iconoclasm |
Opposing of religious images or icons |
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Schism |
Separation Roman Catholic Church w and e orthodox church |
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Hippodome |
Large Stadium like coliseum Byzantine |
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Crusades |
Knights and commoners traveled with hopes of seizing control for Christianity |
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Oleg |
Viking ruler Kievan rus |
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Kievan rus |
Prince elected by boyars or nobles Byzantine sent missionaries to convert these people to orthodox Christianity Invaded by Mongols |
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Vladimir l |
Agreed to convert himself and subjects to Christianity Married the sister of the Byzantine emperor he was ruling during golden age of kievan rus |
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Yaroslav l |
Promoted education and legal system Russkaya Pravda (Russian justice, legal system) |
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Russkaya Pravda |
Legal system of kievan rus |
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Rurik |
Founded Novgorod Kievan rus city |
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Muhammad |
Experienced Revelations that he attributed to an angel of the deity he referred to as Allah these revolutions were later collected by those who had heard his message in the Quran his teachings led to conflict with method existing leaders |
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Islam practice |
Monotheistic faith the Five Pillars Jihad (struggle to strive in the way of Allah and to prove both oneself and Society) polygamy is permitted this code of law called Sharia outlines behavioral requirements for daily life |
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Jihad |
Struggle to strive in the way of Allah and to improve both oneself and Society |
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Shariah |
Outlines behavioral requirements for daily life this is the Islamic code |
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Abu bakr |
Father in law Sunnis Seized land from Byzantine empire |
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Sunni |
Founded umayyad dynasty Damascus Imam rather than caliph |
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Abbasids |
Took over umayyads Damascus... Baghdad Center of learner Thicker paper Golden age Hierarchical Bureaucracy Vizier or prime minister |
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Avicenna |
Advanced medicine Wrote on numerous topics Abbasid |
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Islamic Spain |
Cordoba |
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Women in Islam |
Hijab Initiate divorce Inherit property Birth control Muhammad forbade female infanticide |
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Sufis |
Shaved heads Rituals and chants to unite w god Sustained from earthly pleasures |
