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17 Cards in this Set
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The Byzantine Empire was a continuation of the ______________________.
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- Roman Empire
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The climate of the southern European part of the Empire ___________________.
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- hot, dry summers
- cool, wet winters |
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The physical geography of the Byzantine Empire determined ______________________.
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- how people earned a living
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Constantinople was an important center of trade because __________________________________________________.
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- ships traveling from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean Sea passed by there
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Constantinople was located on __________________________________________________.
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- a peninsula at the southeastern end of Europe
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Emperor Justinian's goal for teh Byzantine Empire___________________________________________.
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- to restore the Roman Empire and govern it as a whole
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Contributions made by Justinian to the Byzantine Empire:
1.________________________ 2.________________________ 3.________________________ |
1. Rebuilt the famous cathedral Hagia Sophia
2. Conquered North Africa 3. Organized the laws of the Romans into a code |
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One reason Justinian rebuilt the Hagia Sophia___________________.
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- to show his strong ties to the church
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The use of ____________ as part of _______________ played in the split of the __________________.
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- icons
- worship - Christian church |
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_______________ founded the religion of Islam.
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- Muhammad
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Islam first began to spread in Medina because_________________________________________.
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- Muhammad found many people there eager to hear his teachings
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An annual _____________ to Rome was ___________ a pillar of Islamic belief.
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- pilgrimage
- NOT |
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The ___________ is important to Muslims because it covers many topics that ________________________________________________.
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- Quran
- Muslims face on a daily basis |
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One thing that was NOT true about the spread of Islam was that it never spread outside of the ___________________.
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- Arabian Peninsula
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Land that was once part of the Byzantine Empire was added to the Islamic world through ______________________.
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- Muslim wars and conquests
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Non-Muslims were required to __________________ wherever Muslims ruled.
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- pay a special tax
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Advances in navigation that helped expand the Islamic world was the development of ________________________.
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- astrolabs and triangular sails
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