Byzantine and Muslim Empires

The leader of the EASTERN Christian church was called the

What country is G ?

What body of water is #1 ?

What gave the Byzantines tremendous power throughout the Mediterranean Sea area?

A split in a religion over different points of view is a

What country is D ?

The EASTERN side of the Byzantine Empire believed that praying to ____________ was the only way to worship.

Islam quickly spread to Asia, North Africa, and the Mediterranean Sea coast because

What city is #7 ?

Why was Islam so attractive to the people of the Arabian Peninsula?

What country is F ?

What do the followers of Islam and the Jewish and Christian religions all believe in?

During the Golden Age, Muslim rulers treated Jewish people and Christians with ___________, accepting their differences.

The religion is called __________ and a person who practices this religion is called a(n) _____________.

Many Muslims know their holy book, the ___________.

One great contribution of the Islamic Golden Age was

Constantinople grew rich because it

What items were traded along the Silk Road, the Bosporus Strait, and throughout Northern Africa, Asia, and Europe?

A person who constantly moves from place to place is a

What body of water is #3 ?

The Roman Empire was split into two parts with the Byzantine Empire as the eastern part.

IN ORDER, what continents are A, B, and C?

The _______________ was a system of clear laws in the Byzantine Empire.

The Bosporus Strait was

Mecca was on a trade route on the edge of a desert that takes up most of __________________________.

Unlike Greece and Rome, the Byzantines had ________ mobility. You did not have to remain in your social class for life.

What city is #4 ?

The WESTERN side of the Byzantine Empire believed that praying to ____________ was the only way to worship.

What country is H ?

What body of water is #2 (look above letter F) ?

All Muslims make the ______________ or sacred journey to Mecca, at least once in their lifetime.

Scholars see Islam's Golden Age as