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32 Cards in this Set
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Constantinople |
city that was the meeting place of East and West and the vital link in both land and sea trade routes |
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Hagia Sophia |
"Holy Wisdom"; cathedral in Constantinople built by Justinian; the finest example of byzantine architecture |
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Greek fire |
the Byzantine secret weapon which would burn on water |
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Venice |
Constantinople's biggest commercial rival |
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Varangians |
Swedish Norsemen who plundered Slavic villages in Russia |
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Dnieper |
important river in Russia that was used as a major route for trade with the Byzantine Empire |
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Ishmael |
Arabs trace their beginnings back to this Biblical character |
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Koran |
Muslim holy book; primary authority on Muslim belief and practice |
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Battle of Tours |
stopped the Muslim advance in Europe |
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Slavs |
largest ethnic group living in early Russia |
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Mecca |
birthplace of Muhammad; muslims pray toward and take pilgrimages to this city |
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Mosques |
best examples of Muslim architecture |
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Allah |
Muslim name for their god |
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Bedouins |
desert herdsmen |
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Hegira |
Muhammad's flight to Medina |
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Islam |
"submission" to Allah |
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Jihad |
"holy war" |
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Muslim |
"submitter" to Allah |
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Rus |
Slavic word from which Russia derived its name; meaning "rowers" or "seafarers" |
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Byzantine Empire |
The Eastern Roman Empire after the Western Roman Empire fell |
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Eastern Orthodox Church |
Made up of various national churches that refused to recognize the church of Rome's claim of control |
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icon |
Painted images of Christ and the saints |
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Theodora |
wife of Justinian who convinced him to stay and fight when Constantinople was being attacked |
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Rurik |
established the first ruling dynasty of Russia |
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Vladimir I |
adopted Orthodox Christianity as the official religion of Russia |
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What was Justinian's goal during his reign? |
to restore the greatness of the Roman Empire |
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What was the Slavic alphabet adapted from? |
Greek alphabet |
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Who developed a written language for the Slavic people? |
the Byzantine missionaries Cyrus and Methodius |
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After two centuries of Mongol rule in Russia, which city rose to power in the North? |
Moscow |
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What aspect of the Judaeo-Christian belief impressed and influenced Muhammad? |
belief in one god |
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The Muslims borrowed much of their basic mathematical knowledge from which country? |
India |
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List the Five Pillars of Islam |
belief, prayer, charity, fasting, pilgrimage |
