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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 |
