History 101 – Chapter 7 – Flashcards
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in the late six century C.E., the economy of Arabia
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became much more commercially sophisticated as a result of the wars between Byzantium and Persia changing trade routes
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one result of the campaigns of the Belisarius in North Africa and Italy was
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the weakening of Constantinople against the Sassanids
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Pope Gregory I
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significantly advanced Benedictine monasticism as the major monastic movement in the west
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Byzantine monasteries were deeply involved in the iconoclastic controversy because:
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they were the major producers of icons, so they supported the use of imagines in the faith
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one difference between Islam and Christianity is that
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Islam has no sacraments or priests
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Underlying the Carolingian renaissance was the basic conviction about
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classical learning was the foundation on which christian wisdom reseted
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as a result of the iconoclastic controversy
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political legitimacy was fundamentally linked to the defense of religious matters
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prior to Muhammad beginning to teach his prophecy and his new faith the Arabs
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has the concept of Allah as one of several gods
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why did the romans of italy and north africa resent Justinian's effort to "liberate" them?
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they were heavy costs in taxes and lives
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an important figure who founded several Merovingian monasteries was
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Columbanus
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the armies of Abu-Bakr were able to expand Islam northward out of Arabia largely because of?
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the weakness of Byzantine and Persian armies because of their wars against each other
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Charlemagne was able to contain the Umayyad power in Europe by
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maintaining diplomatic and trade relations with its rival with Abbasid Caliphate
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local lords and chieftains often granted monasteries special privileges
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because monasteries often played a key role in economic development and prosperity
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why were so many coverts (monastic houses for women) founded during the seventh century C.E.?
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converts met a variety of social and spiritual needs for aristocratic families
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many of the local populations in Byzantium and Persia
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viewed the Arab armies as deliverers
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the stability of Byzantine government was the product of
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an efficient bureaucracy
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why did Justinian try to reconquer the Western Roman Empire?
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he sought to revive and construct wholly the old empire
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it is difficult to date the beginning of the Byzantine history with precision because
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the Byzantine empire was the uninterrupted successor of the Roman Empire
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the Byzantine economy in the early middle ages was
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highly regulate, including wage and price control
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as a christian king responsible for ruling a Christian society, Charlemagne
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took responsibility for reforming the religious life of his kingdom just as he reformed its government
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a pandemic broke out in 541-42 which has come to known as
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the Justinian plague
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in 800, Charlemagne
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accepted the crown and title of Holy Roman Empire
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the people took advantage of the weakness of Italy due to Justinian's policies reconquest were the
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Lombards
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the Carolingian empire collapsed during the ninth century
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because of the division of the empire among all the legitimate heirs of Louis and the Frankish aristocracy's dissatisfaction with the fractured central authority
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the early byzantine religion was known for its
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intense interest in matters of doctrine and orthodoxy.
