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Byzantine Empire
What Roman Emperor founded the “Byzantine Empire”? In what year?
Constantine, 312
What was the name of the city of ‘Byzantium’ changed to?
Constantinople
What was “Justinian’s Code” and what was its significance?
a set of laws, influenced laws
Who was Justinian’s wife and why is she important in World History?
Theodora, major adviser to Justinian
What Russian city was heavily influenced by the Orthodox Christianity of the Byzantine Empire?
Kiev
Who was the head of the Byzantine Church?
Patriarch
What was the official split between the Roman Catholic Church and the Orthodox Church called?
Great Schism
What Islamic group captured Constantinople in 1453 and renamed it ‘Istanbul’?
Ottoman Turks
The Mongols
Who united the Mongol clans into one community?
Genghis Khan
What country did the Mongols conquer in 1250?
Russia
What Italian traveler visited the Mongol Empire in the late 1200’s?
Marco Polo
What trade routes did the Mongols restabilize in the 1200’s?
silk roads
What is the term for the period of peace brought about by the Mongols in Asia between 1250 and 1350 called?
Pax Mongolica
Islamic Empire
Who founded the Islamic Religion in the 600’s?
Muhammed
What is the term for an “Islamic Holy War”?
Jihad
What two branches did the Islamic religion split into?
Sunni and Shiite
Who became the first African leader to visit Muslim countries in the 1300’s?
Ibn Battuta
What Islamic man was well known for his advances in medicine?
Ibn Sina
The Crusades
What Pope called for the first crusade in 1297?
Pope Urban II
What was to be the purpose of the Crusades?
Take Jerusalem away from the Muslims
How many major crusades were there between 1197 and 1250?
4
What Christian city was often “sacked” and looted by the Christian Knights on their way to the Middle Easy?
Constantinople
What was the major effect of the Crusades?
increased trade, ideas and inventions brought back into western Europe, increased religious hatred between Muslims and Christians