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36 Cards in this Set
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Late Antiquity |
produced 3 heirs from the Greek/Roman/Middle East world: Germanic West, Byzantine Empire, and the Islamic World. |
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Justinian The Great |
Most important of the early rulers. In 532 Constantinople revolted and he wanted to run but his wife convinced him to fight. |
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Theodora |
Justinian's wife. Helped him to carry out his goals with domestic peace. |
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Justinian's Three Goals |
1) Restore the West Empire 2) Reform the laws 3) Beautify the capital. |
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Belisarius |
Commission General. provided wage against long war with Ostrogoths in Italy. |
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Corpus Juris Civilis |
(Body of Civil Law)- appointed by Justinian, a commission to systematically codify Roman law. |
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Digest |
a summary of legal opinions |
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Institutes |
textbook to educate students to reformed legal system. |
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Hagia Sophia |
(Holy Wisdom) began in 542. Church |
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General Priskos |
dealt heavy defeat to Avars |
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Pope Galasius |
said bishops would administrate church not civil authority, and of two, church greater. |
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caesaropapism |
Ceasar rules over the church. The state appoints the bishop or patriarch. Church extends as much as political bounds. |
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iconoclasm |
destruction of icon bans. |
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excommunicate |
getting kicked out of the church. |
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"orthodox" |
that is possessing the "right doctrine" |
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"Third Rome" |
Moscow |
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Cyrillic Alphabet |
still in use today, Cyril invented this slavic alphabet using Greek call. It gave birth to russian literature. |
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"Greek fire" |
A new military invention, chemical with crude oil, resin, and sulfur. (saved Constantinople from Arabs) |
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Procopius (500-562) |
"Secret history", after glowing history of Justinian's wars, successes, after death published real story. |
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Hejazi |
Arabs who lived in the coastal towns of Red Sea such as Medina and Mecca. Lived sophisticated lives in trade/agriculture with caravans. |
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Muhammad |
After various visions from the angel Gabriel, he became the reformer of Islam. "submission to god". |
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Muslims |
"one who submits". strictly monotheistic, ethical, exclusive faith outline. |
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Quran |
Islamic holy book |
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usury |
charging interest on a loan. Christians agreed with this initially. |
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jihad |
the concept that allowed believers who suffered, died for faith (war, pen, or tongue) went to heaven. |
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Dome of the Rock |
Where Muhammad went to Jerusalem/left a foot print where a mosque was built and it became the second holiest shrine. |
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Aku Bakr |
Old associate of Muhammad, became the caliph or "successor to the prophet". He and his successors consolidated Arabs on peninsula. |
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Al-Khwarizmi |
died 830. wrote book, Algebra &applied to astronomy/physics. |
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Charles Martel |
Defeated Muslim invaders at the Battle of Poitiers in Central France. |
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Charlemagne |
Charles Martel's grandson, a new social and political organization would be formed. "feudalism" and the beginning of nation states. |
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Clovis |
Frankish king, conquered and united Gual. He was the first of the Franks to convert to Catholic Christianity |
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Clovis' Success Key Elements |
1) Victories over other german tribes, 2) Occupation of wealthy Roman cities. 3) Support of roman papacy and bishops. |
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primogeniture |
the oldest son gets absolutely everything, the other sons must get other careers. |
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Queen Brunhilda |
wife of King Sigebert of East Frank's Kingdom, reportedly killed 12 kings in pursuit of political goals, including Sigebert. |
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Pippin I |
started building through alliances and marched. |
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Pippin the Short |
Allied with papacy and defeated |
