Rise of IslamPlease answer at least 4 of 8 the following questions on Islam, then respond to 1-2 other students. Feel free to look outside the book for these. 1-What does Islam and Muslim mean? 2-Impo
Ch. 7 pt. I-III Rome’s Three Heirs
Byzantine Empire, Western Europe, and Islamic States
Justinian
Digest, and Institutes
Attempted reconquest of West
East and Sassanid Persian—what does he do?
Belisarius
Lombards
Heraclius
Loss of East to Sassanid Persia
Who ultimately benefits from these wars?
Byzantine court
Regulation
Commerce
Constantinople, Antioch, Thessalonica, and Trebizond—importance of?
Byzantine Universities
Intellectual freedom and innovation?
Who was studied?
Women and laity—their role?
Orthodoxy, Iconoclasm, and Identity
How did the iconoclast movement affect the Eastern Church?
And its relationship with the Western Church?
Leo III
His iconoclasm and relationship with monastic orders?
Ch. 7 Part II Eastern Heirs of Rome
Quiz: Be ready to answer any of the following highlighted questions.
Rise of Islam
What does Islam and Muslim mean?
Who was Muhammad? --- What was “The Night of Power”?
What is the background of Arabia and Arab peoples?
Importance of Mecca and Medina?
What is the Hijrah and the Hajj—what do they represent?
Qur'an-what is its importance to Muslims? (More than just a Holy Book)
What are the similarities and differences between Islam, Christianity and Judaism?
What does Jihad mean? How is related to Razzia?
Dar al-Islam, and Dar al-Harb
Five Pillars
Equality within Islam?
Who comes to power after Muhammad’s death?
Umayyad Caliphate
Sunni and Shia split—how/why?
Abbasid Caliphate
Umayyad Spain—how and why did they move into Spain?
Trade and Religion
Trade with Byzantium and West
What items did they trade?
Splintering of the Islamic World
Fatimid Caliphate –what’s different about this dynasty?
Sultanates and Caliphates
Mamluks
Slavery and Islam
Ch. 7 Part III
Western Heirs of Rome
Initial decline of west
Merovingians
Clovis
Monasticism-- power of? Missionary work? As feudal lordships?
Pope Gregory I
Pepin
Charles Martel
Pepin, king of the Franks
Relation with the church?
Charlemagne
Consolidations and conquests
Counts and court officials-how are they used?
How do these and others evolve into the nobility of Europe?
Trade and coinage—what items does he trade to Abbasid Caliphate?
Role as church protector and enforcer?
Carolingian Renaissance
Revival of Western Roman Empire—How?
Disputes and Divisions of Carolingian Empire
Salic Law pertaining to inheritance. How does this differ from Primogeniture?
What are some of the effects on the Holy Roman Empire under these laws?
Oaths of Strasbourg 842, and Treaty of Verdun 843
What is the significance of each?
Viking Invasions
Where do they settle?
