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Jude 6th - Chapter 7
Chapter 7: The Byzantine Empire & Rise of Islam
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Roman Empire | empire of the west |
| Byzantine Empire | empire of the east |
| Greek | language of the east |
| Latin | language of the west |
| Constantinople | capital of the Byzantine Empire |
| Rome | capital of the Roman Empire |
| Eastern Orthodox | religion of the Byzantine Empire |
| Roman Catholic | religion of the Roman Empire |
| Theodosius I | last Roman emperor who made Christianity the official religion of the empire |
| Justinian | greatest Eastern Roman Emperor |
| Theodora | Justinian's wife |
| Justinian Code of Laws | new code of laws reformed by Emperor Justinian |
| Hagia Sophia | former Christian church in Constantinople that was rebuilt by Justinian |
| Muhammad | founder of Islam |
| Mecca | birthplace of Muhammad |
| monotheism | the belief that there is only one God |
| Judaism, Christianity, Islam | 3 major monotheistic religions of the world |
| Arab | ethnic group of people living in Arabia |
| Allah | Arabic word for God |
| Isalm | means to submit |
| Hegira | flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina |
| City of the Prophet | nickname of the city of Medina |
| Kaaba | spiritual center of Islam |
| Abu Bakr | first caliph of Islam who led a jihad against Persia |
| Omar | second caliph of Islam who conquered Persia, Egypt, Syria, and Jerusalem |
| Othman | third caliph of Islam under whose rule Muslims grew rich from their conquests |
| Ali | fourth caliph who married Fatima |
| Sunnis | traditional Muslims who believe in picking the most qualified man to be caliph |
| Shiites | believed only descendants of Muhammad should be caliphs |
| Battle of Tours | battle outside of Tours, France fought by Charles Martel who stopped the invading Muslims from conquering France and saving Christian Europe |
| Charles Martel | Germanic leader who saved Christian Europe; nicknamed The Hammer |
| Golden Age | highest point of Muslim civilization |
| Baghdad | new capital of the Muslim civilization |
| algebra | comes from the Arabic word meaning re-joining |
| zero | comes from the Arabic word meaning empty |
| Quran | sacred book of Islam |
| sura | messages of Muhammad |
| mosque | Muslim place of worship |
| Muslim | follower of Islam; someone who submits to Allah |
| Christian Centers of the World | Jerusalem, Alexandria, Antioch, Constantinople, and Rome |
| Five Pillars of Islam | belief in Allah and his prophet Muhammad, pray 5 times a day, fast during Ramadan, almsgiving, and hajj |
| caliph | successor of Muhammad |
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