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Judaism | The religion christianity got its roots from. |
The New Testament | The book that details the life and teachings of Jesus |
Important beliefs of Christianity | Life after death, Monotheism, Jesus is the son of God |
The Roman Empire declined | The church became much stronger |
Paul | a convert to christianity who began to spread the religion through the empire, and helped Christianity become a major religion |
The Pope | The patriarch of Rome and the religious leader of the Western Roman Empire |
Christians were persecuted by the Romans because... | It was against Polytheism, Christians refused to honor the emperor as if he were a god, they misunderstood the Christian religious beliefs |
The purpose of early church councils | To establish an official church doctrine or beliefs for the church |
The spread of christianity | was slowed by the persecution of the Romans, It spread in part because of its ideas about equality, it was spread by the Apostles |
The Byzantine Empire | Formed from the Eastern half of the Roman Empire |
Justinian | Reconquered lands in the west conquered by Germanic tribes, codified laws, and Expanded Trade |
Capital of Byzantine Empire, Located at a crossroad for trade, located on a peninsula with a good harbor | Constantinople |
Orthodox christianity | The form of Christianity practiced in the Byzantine Empire |
LIRARIES | The major way that the Byzantine empire preserved the knowledge of the greeks and Romans. |
Orthodox Church | Used Greek Language, centered in constantinople, preists allowed to marry |
mosaics | pictures made from small or dyed glass tiles |
icons | religious images often used in churches and shrines |
Hagia Sophia | The great domed church built by Juistinian in Constantinople and later converted into a mosque |
The division that occurred between the catholic and orthodox churches | Schism |
The major reason for the division of the Christian Church | Controversy over the Authority of the Pope |
Justinian | The most well known emperor of the Byzantine Empire. |
Christianity | The major inspiration for the Byzantine art |
The Western or Catholic Church | Catholic Christianity, Used Latin in Church, Centered in Rome |
Muhammad | The founder of Islam |
The least important city to Islam | Rome |
Islam expanded into | Africa, Asia, Spain |
St. Cyril | Created and Alphabet for the Slavic Languages |
Cyrillic Alphabet, Byzantine Art and Architecture among Russian Churches, The Russian Adoption of Orthodox Christianity | Ways russia was influenced by the Byzantines |
Five Pillars of Islam | The duties of every Muslim |
The Koran | The Islamic holy book |
Islam | The arabic language, The Five Pillars, Allah |
Jesus, Muhammad, Moses | The muslims believed all of these individuals were messengers from god. |
The Dome of the Rock | A famous mosque in Jerusalem that is a great example of Islamic Architecture. |
The Sunni and Shiite are different versions of this religion | What is Islam? |
The major cause over the Sunni-Shiite division | Disagreements over who should be leader or Caliph |
The Battle that stopped the Muslim expansion into Western Europe | The Battle of Tours |
Islamic Schlars made the following advancements in mathematics | Concept of Zero, Principles of Algebra, Arabic Numbers |
ALLAH | the arabic word for GOD |
Calligraphy | In place of Icons in their mosques, Muslims used these beautiful depictions of the Arabic Alphabet |
Greek | The primary language spoken in the Byzantine Empire. |
Patriarchs | The leaders of the church. |
apostles | Followers of Jesus who spread the Christian Religion after his death. |
Church Councils | Organized Christian beliefs and church affairs. |
Constantine | Made Christianity legal in the Byzantine Empire. Founded the city of Constantinople. |
Slavs | Groups of people in Northern and Eastern Europe who were highly influenced by the Byzantine Empire. They accepted Orthodox christianity. |
Arabic | The official language of the Islamic religion |
Mecca and Medina | The major cities of Islam |