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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
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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. |
