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Byzantine
Empire
Key Vocabulary
Important People
Islam, Judaism, Christianity
or All
Basic Beliefs
Important Places
Islam’s Beginnings
Potpourri
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He tried to restore the Roman Empire but is best known for his code of laws
Justinian
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A narrow body of water that connects two larger
bodies of water
strait
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People who practice Islam
Muslims
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Are monotheistic
All
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The key religious duties of every Muslim
The Five Pillars of Islam
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The cube shaped holy shrine of Islam
Kaaba
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The city where Islam began
Mecca
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The split between the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern
Orthodox churches
The Great Schism
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A holy image such as a painting or statue.
icon
200
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Islam’s final prophet
Muhammad
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Believe Abraham, Jesus and Muhammad were holy
prophets
Islam
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The main source of Islamic teaching
Quran
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A Muslim house of worship
Mosque
200
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Muhammad’s journey from Mecca to Medina.
The Hijra
200
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The places Byzantine culture and Eastern Orthodox
Christianity quickly spread to
Eastern Europe and Russia
300
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Nomadic herders and skilled warriors
Bedouins
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He was a traveler and trader who wrote a book all about
his travels
Ibn Battuta
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Believe in a Messiah
Judaism & Christianity
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This provides specific rules of personal conduct for
Muslims
Sharia
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Baghdad
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Abbasid capital that was a center for the “golden
age”
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Sunnis and Shias
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Muslims are divided into these two groups
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The title of the leaders of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox
Church
Pope and Byzantine Emperor
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People depended on these in such a hot, dry climate
Oases
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Justinian's wife
Theodora
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Is the youngest of the three
Islam
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The Fifth Pillar
Hajj
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Muhammad is welcomed as it ruler
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Medina
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The 3 main reasons the Arab/ Muslim empire expanded so rapidly
The Persian/Byzantine empires decline; The ability of Muslim warriors and Religious
toleration
400
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Abraham, Moses and Muhammad were these
prophets
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The large peninsula where Islam began
Arabia
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15%
Percentage of Muslims that are Shia
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Arab mathematicians most significant contribution
Creating symbols for our numbers
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