Here is the First part from the REA Western Civ. 1 CLEP book. Hope this Helps (=
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| 672312681 | Byzantine | Eastern part of the Roman Empire. The only part to survive Germanic invasions. | |
| 672312682 | 395 | Roman Empire is divided in half to ease administration. | |
| 672312683 | Justinian The Great (527 - 565) | Byzantine emperor who tried to retake the western empire and succeeded. However most of these lands were re-lost after his death. He also is know for writing out the Roman law. | |
| 672312684 | Theodora | Justinian's wife. Used to be a dancing girl and most of Jutinian's success is due to her. She also heavily influenced religion. | |
| 672312685 | Nika Riots (532) | Riots that broke out at the chariot races between political factions and became a protest against the government. | |
| 672312686 | Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom) | A cathedral built by Justinian and Theodora. | |
| 672312687 | Corpus Juris Civilis (Body of Civil Law) | Codification of the Roman Law by Justinian. | |
| 672312688 | Procopius | A historian who praised Justinian and Theodora in his public works but depicted them as tyrants and demon worshippers in his Secret History. | |
| 672312689 | Heraclius (610 - 641) | Defeated the Sassanians 628 but left his empire so weakened that the Southeastern provinces soon fell to the Islam armies | |
| 672312690 | Muhammad (570 - 632) | Founder of Islam and considered by Muslims to be the last prophet. | |
| 672312691 | Medina | Muhammad was invited to Medina in 622 as a peacemaker and became leader of the city. | |
| 672312692 | By 656 the Arabs had conquered | Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria, Palestine, and Egypt. | |
| 672312693 | Shiites | A group of people who thought that the Caliph should be a descendant of Muhammad's. | |
| 672312694 | Sunnites | A group of people who wanted Muawiyah, a kinsman of Uthman, to be the next Caliph. | |
| 672312695 | Umayyads (661 - 750) | Muawiyah's dynasty. They moved the capital from Mecca to Damascus. | |
| 672312696 | Abbasids (750 - 1258) | dynasty founded by Abul Abbas that overthrew the Umayyads and were overthrown in 1258 by the Mongols. | |
| 672312697 | Cordoba | A surviving Umayyad caliphate capital in Spain. | |
| 672312698 | Gaul and Britain | Germanic Kingdoms that would become modern day France and England. | |
| 672312699 | Franks | Took control of Gaul in the fifth century. They. converted to Christianity during the reign of Clovis (481 - 511). | |
| 672312700 | Pepin the Short (714 - 768) | The First Carolingian King. Made the Donation of Pepin which formed the papal states. | |
| 672312701 | Charlemagne (Charles the Great) | Son of Pepin. He is known as for his expansion of the empire, bringing in the Carolingian Renaissance, and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor. | |
| 672312702 | Louis the Pious (814 - 840) | Son of Charlemagne. | |
| 672312703 | Treaty of Verdun | A treaty dividing Charlemagne's kingdom between Louis the Pious' three sons. | |
| 672312704 | Treaty of Mersen | Replaced the Treaty of Verdun when the middle kingdom was lost. | |
| 672312705 | Venerable Bede (673 - 735) | Wrote the History of the English Church And People. |
