World History Chapter 6 Flashcards

8019096048	the word "orthodox" comes from what two Greek words	straight (orthos) and opinion (doxa)	0
8018982648	Byzantine Empire	The Eastern Roman Empire	1
8019001631	What was the name of the strait of water that Constantine was built beside	Bosporus	2
8018987422	Constantinople	the capital of Eastern Roman Empire (The New Rome) where the east meets the west and traded	3
8019016595	Where did the name Byzantine Empire originate?	The city of Byzantium was renamed Constantinople	4
8019024032	What culture influenced the Byzantine Empire more than the Roman Culture	The Hellenistic (Greek) culture	5
8019035424	Theodora	Justinian's wife, she made him stay in Constantinople instead of fleeing during uprising	6
8019030793	Justinian	one of the most famous emperors of the Byzantine Empire whose main goal was to restore the greatness of the Roman Empire.	7
8019047987	The Justinian Code	a clarification and Roman legal principles	8
8019051795	Hagia Sophia	means "Holy Wisdom", Justinian built it	9
8019059097	Black Sea	the sea north of Asia Minor	10
8019062089	Eastern Orthodox Church	the name of the church in the Byzantine Empire	11
8019118468	"Greek fire"	a secret weapon that could burn on water	12
8019164950	Basil II	known as the "bulgar Slayer" , he crushed the Bulgars and added the Balkan region to the empire	13
8019255785	Seljuk Turks	a powerful force from the East that adopted the Muslim religion	14
8019268024	Crusades	the military response by the Pope to sea the Byzantine Empire and especially the Holy Land from the Muslim invaders	15
8019276690	Ottoman Turks	conquered Constantinople with the use of cannons	16
8019283594	Cyril and Methodius	missionary brothers that went to the Slavic peoples of Russia and developed a written language for them	17
8019308514	mosaic	the decorative artwork of the Byzantine Empire that uses tiny pieces of glass or stone	18
8019321185	Varangians	the Swedish Norsemen that attacked Slavic villages in Russia	19
8019328481	Slavs	largest ethnic group in Russia	20
8019332749	Ishmael	the Arabs trace their beginnings to this son of Abraham	21
8019335970	bedouins	groups of Arabs who roamed the desert in search of pasture and water for their hers of animals	22
8019346428	Muhammad	claimed to be the greatest prophets of Allah and his teachings became the basis for a religious movement known Islam	23
8019352500	Muslims	followers of Muhammad, means "submitter to Allah"	24
8019357774	Mecca	Muslims pray toward and take pilgrimages to this city. It was the birthplace of Muhammad	25
8019360565	Medina	the city that Muhammad fled to and became a spiritual, political and military leader	26
8019366210	Qur'an	the sacred book of the Muslims	27
8019376340	Islam	a religion that threatened the Byzantine Empire. It means "submission" to Allah	28
8019384245	Battle of Tours	the Muslim advance in Europe that was stopped by the Franks (French)	29
8019388446	calligraphy	an art of beautiful writing.	30
8019390693	mosques	Muslim places of worship	31
8019393861	Hegira	Mohammad's flight to Medina	32
8019397284	Major problem after Muhammad's death	Muhammad did not appoint a successor after his death	33
8019402081	Kaaba	the shrine in Mecca that one housed hundreds of pagan idols	34
8057203218	Rurik	established the first ruling dynasty in Russia	35