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- Why are there no representations of the prophet Muhammad adorning mosques?
- Who took back Jerusalem for the Muslims?
- Who was the last emperor to persecute Christians and what is this called?
- List the important tools which were important for the success of the Age of Exploration.
- Why did the Venetians overthrow the Byzantine Emperor and during what Crusade did this occur?
- Who established a basic form of monasticism?
- Where did the Romans adopt their style from?
- - after jesus' death and resurrection, the christianity movement gained additional support throughout judaea and galilee- the teachings of paul were passed on orally and written documents started to appear which also help spread the religion- the persecution of christianity did not stop its growth and people very much enjoyed christianity because it was personal and offered salvation- the edict of milan was by constantine created which proclaimed official christianity tolerance
- What Roman emperor divided the empire into two parts?
- What kingdom was created by the Vikings?
- - emperor diocletian splits the empire into two halves because the whole area is too difficult to govern- constantine comes through and reunites both eastern and western halves but both him and diocletian fail at trying to save them empire- the western roman empire was no longer dominant and the army has no more money which causes them to fall apart along with the empire- as western rome gradually got weaker, it became susceptible to plunder- the eastern empire, however, flourished and later becomes byzantine empire once the west completely crumbles
- Who was in charge of Civil Law in Rome?
- What word means struggle in the way of God?
- What do Muslims walk around during the Hajj?
- In which county did the Enlightenment start?
- ancient greeks - democracy: athens created democracy which was a revolutionary and efficient idea, and this gave power to the people- drama: tragedies, comedies, and theatrons were all developed from ancient greece and are still used and put on today- philosophy: some of the greatest philosophers, socrates, plato, and aristotle, existed during this time and they formed many morals and mindsets and new ideas about life
- What kind of Government did the Romans have?
- socrates, plato, aristotle- socrates: a sculpture and philosopher who questioned some teachings taught by figures of authority. in doing so, he was sentenced to death ("the unexamined life is not worth living")- plato: considered to be the greatest philosopher and he established a school in athens and he believed in the political hierarchy of philosophers on top, then warriors, then citizens, but he also believed women should have equal rights as men- aristotle (the father of western thought): contributed to the scientific method and he is most well known for his plays and ethics
- - the punic wars were started when the roman empire wanted to expand by conquering carthage and sicily which were both very wealthy port cities- the first punic war began when rome overtook sicily because they were doing inhuman things such as sacrificing children to their gods- the second punic war began when hannibal grows up hating rome and he collects his entire army to take over rome: they go through northern italy - rome hears of this plan and sneaks around carthage since they had no defense and quickly overtook carthage - the romans became the dominant power in the western mediterranean
- - their aspects and characteristics are assumed into the modern western world - many of their creations and morals and laws have withstood the test of time