| A | B |
|---|
| Byzantine Empire | 500 - 1400 AD - a center of Christianity - preserved Greek & Roman culture |
| Charlemagne | the 1st king to be crowned by the Pope |
| divine right | the power to rule comes from God |
| Constantine the Great | Roman Emperor who adopted Christianity - MADE it acceptable |
| 1 A.H. | the 1st year in the Islamic Calendar |
| A.H. | After Hegira - the date in the Islamic Calendar |
| hegira | Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina - it maked the start of Islam |
| jihad | Islamic HOLY WARs |
| Shia | branch of Islam - conservative, Islamic Fundamentalists |
| Islamic Fundamentalists | want Islamic Fundamentalist governments in the Middle East |
| Sunnis | branch of Islam - want secular governments |
| secular | separation of religion from government |
| theocracy | religion runs the government |
| Pope Urban II | he started the Crusades in 1095 AD |
| the Crusades | Christian HOLY WARS |
| Martin Luther | he split Christianity in 1500s by challenging the Church |
| Protestant Reformation | Christianity was challenged and split into Roman Catholicism & Protestantism |
