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21 Cards in this Set
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When did Girolamo Savonarola die?
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1498
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What was Iran called in the 1500s, and what was it called before then?
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In the 1500s it was the Safavid Empire of Persia; earlier, it was Elam.
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Who ruled Persia at one time or another?
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Cyrus the Great
Darius Xerxes Alexander the Great Genghis Khan |
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What are the two 'brands' of Islam?
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Sunni and Shiite
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What did the Sunnis believe?
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That the closest FRIEND of Mohammed should be the next caliph. That man was Abu Bekr.
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What did the Shiites believe?
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That the closest RELATIVE of Mohammed should be the next caliph. That man was Ali.
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What was Zoroaster?
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A religion where the Zoroastrians believed that there was one god and the presences of both good and evil. They didn't know the God of the Bible or the god of Mohammed.
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When did Ismail I become caliph?
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1501
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What were the first 12 caliphs of the Shiites called?
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Imams
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a) What does 'shah' mean?
b) What does 'Qizilbash' mean? |
a) king
b) red-heads |
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When did Abbas I (Abbas the Great) come to power?
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1587
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When was Leonardo da Vinci born?
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April 15, 1452
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Who was Leonardo apprenticed to?
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Andrea del Verrocchio
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Who modeled for the 'Mona Lisa'?
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Madonna Elisabetta, wife of Francesco del Giocondo
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When was the 'Mona Lisa' begun?
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1503
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Where does the 'Mona Lisa' now hang?
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The Louvre
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Who was the most successful in recreating Leonardo's ruined mural as 'The Battle of Anghiari'?
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Peter Paul Rubens
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When did Leonardo die?
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May 2, 1519
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a) How old was Leonardo when he died?
b) How old was Savonarola when he died? |
a) 67
b) 45 |
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How did Savonarola die?
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He was stoned to the breaking point. Then he was hanged and strangled, and then his dead body was burned. After that, his ashes were thrown in a river.
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What is the word for 'smoke-like' in Italian?
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sfumato
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