HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I
HISTORY 101
Topic Eleven:  Rome's Three Heirs:  The Byzantine, Islamic, and Early Medieval Worlds

Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
 

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Identifications:
Identify and discuss the importance of the following items.
Byzantine Empire, Shiite Islam,  Sunni Islam,  Umayyad Empire, Abbasid Empire, The Merovingians, Pope Gregory I, Charlemagne, Leo the Isaurian, Seljuk Turks, Iconoclastic Controversy, Muhammad, Hijrah, Qur'an, Avorroes, Umar Khayyam, Maimonides, Clovis, Charles Martel, Saint Boniface, Alfred the Great, Otto I, Caliph, Santa Sophia, Ali,  Battle of Tours, Hijra, Ka'bah, Umma, Quraysh, Abu Bakr
 

Essays:
1.  The distinction between Shi'ite and Summi Muslims play a significant role in today's politics.  How did these two sects arise within Islam?  What forces potentially contributed to the Sunnis' numerical dominance?
2.  What factors were responsible for the meteoric spread of Islam?
3.  What do the western Europeans owe to the Byzantine Empire?
4.  What were the reasons for the collapse of the Carolingian empire?
What impact did the Viking and Magyars have on European society and government.
5.  Discuss the lasting political, military, cultural, and social contributions of the Carolingians.

Reading Assignment:

Coffey and Stacey,  Chapter 7
 

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