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15 Cards in this Set
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What alphabet based on the Greek was used to translate the Bible into Slavonic and now is used by languages such as Russian and Bulgarian? |
Cyrillic |
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What events marked the beginning and end of the Middle Ages? |
The fall of the Roman Empire (476) and the discovery of America (1492) |
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Who was the last emperor to rule over both parts of the Roman Empire? |
Theodosius |
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What other name is also given to the Eastern Roman Empire?
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Byzantine Empire
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What is the term for the emperor of the Byzantine Empire, whose power was theocratic with a political and religious control over his subjects?
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Basileus |
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In the Byzantine empire, the strategos or military governor was responsible for each province, who was also called...
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Theme
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Christianity was broken, but what is the term for the division of the Church into two branches: Catholic and Orthodox?
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East-West Schism
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Which is the most important building of Byzantine art in Constantinople?
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Hagia Sophia |
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What is the term for the wood images in the altars of Byzantine churches and whose rejection led to the iconoclastic crisis?
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Icons |
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What Arabic term is interpreted as "holy war" to spread Islam, and means a defensive war or a war against sin?
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What is the term for Muhammad's escape from Mecca (his hometown) to Medina?
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Hegira |
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What is the term for the majority branch of Islam, which accepts the "sunnah" or tradition?
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Sunni
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Which is the branch of Islam which holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad's proper successor as Caliph was his son-in-law and cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib?
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Shiite
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Which is the holy book of Islam?
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Quran |
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What is the name for the Carolingian province located in the south of the Pyrenees, which was the origin of the Catalan counties?
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Spanish March
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