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German Tribes
Franks
Vandals
Saxons
Visigoths
NOT Cumans or Huns or Celts
TRUE about Diocletian
born into poor family and worked his way up through the military
persecuted Christians
divided empire in eastern and western halves to make it easier to rule
NOT last emperor of Pax Romana or united roman empire
TRUE reasons Byzantine empire was able to survive
Constantinople's location allowed goods and ideas to be traded between Asia and Europe
Strong army that could withstand attacks
East had always been the richer part of the roman empire
NOT none of its neighbors were powerful empires but rather weak tribes
TRUE about what women could do under Justinian's law
Divorce husband if he was brutal to her
Own property
Raise her own children when her husband died
NOT become a priest
TRUE about life of Muhammad
caravan trader
exposed to jewish and christian thought
became the prophet of islam
NOT thought he was born son of god.
TRUE about Mecca
most important pilgramage site in islam
city where muhammad was born
important trade center for the Bedouin who visited the Kabah or Cube
NOT The whole city converted ti Islam soon after muhammad received word from an angel
Medina
Originally called Yathrib
NOT site of Kabah or converted to Islam after Muhammad raised army to conquer it
TRUE about Baghdad
largely destroyed by Mongols
center of Muslim science
built by Abu Jafar al Mansur
NOT capital of Umyaads
Damascus
Located in Syria
NOT most impt capital of Abbassids
The first year of the muslim calendar marks the year of
of the Hegira or Hijrah
NOT when Muhammad met the angel
TRUE about who converted to Islam
Turks
Persians
Arabs
NOT Armenians
TRUE about Sunni & Shi ah split
Husayn, Ali's son was killed by Umayyads at Karbala
Shi ah believed descendants of Muhammad should lead muslims
Sunni supported Umayyad caliphs
NOT sunni believed 12th imam would reappear
TRUE about Mawails
were non arab converts to Islam
preferred the ababasids
Were required under Umayyads to pay the jizya
TRUE of Fatamids
take control of North Africa
Oppose lifestyle of Abbassid leaders
consider themselves descendants of Fatima
Did NOT favor the Sunni
TRUE about five pillars of Islam
Pray 5 times a day
Fasting during month of Ramadan
Giving money to help poor
NO pilgramage to Jerusalem (should be mecca)
which best describes fall fo Umayyad dynasty
the mawalis who felt ill treated joined with the Shiites to support a revolution
Sharazad, Sinbad, Ali Babba & Aladdin are most connected to
The Thousand and One Nights
NOTthe shiite movement
Adrianpole in 378 was
site of Visigoth victory over romans and death of the emperor
An argument that western church used to support icons
they helped illiterate people learn about religion
Seljuk Turks
became powerful enough to conquer Persia
NOT first converts to islam
Ulama is
group of experts on islamic law
NOT collection of hadiths
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History Final 1 Islam
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History Final 7th 1 Islam and 5/6 Century
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1/15/2012, 5:50:25 PM
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