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09/28/2011

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1. Roman emporor that named christianity---
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Constantine
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Constantine had a vision over what bridge in 312AD
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Milvian Bridge
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As first step he extended toleration to Christians in 313AD by creating this document?
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Edict Of Milan
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Constantine Also moved the capital from Rome to the city who's original name was?
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Byzantium
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The City meaning Byzantium lays on a water way named?
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Bosporus
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Its famous harbor is known as the?
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Golden Horn
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Christians were able to reconsile their religion be reciting Matthew?
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Jesus held a coin that said "give to Caesars what is Caesars, and give to God what is God's
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Same emporor summons this council?
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Council of Nicaea
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Much of the theological controversy centered on the nature of the
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Holy trinity
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Battle of Adrianople of 378AD historic defeat of the Romans by the
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Goths
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Roman emperor that reigned from 377AD-395AD that made Christianity the only legal religion
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Theodosius
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year 393AD he ended the pagan custom of celebrating
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The Olympic Games
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Under his rule in 385AD Pricilian became the first Christian to be executed for the crime of
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Heresy
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The fall of the empire would be the time of the greatest of early theologians of early africa
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St. Augustine
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He articulated the vision of a community of Christians which he called the
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City of God
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He related his spiritual Journey through the
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Confessions of St Augustine
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Most significant of his ideas was
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Original Sin- man was born in a sinful state
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The holy Bible was translated into Latin by
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St Jerome
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The year 410AD the city of Rome would be sacked by the
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Visigoths
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The wild tribe pushing the other barbarians into roman territory were the
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Huns
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what was the huns chiefs name
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Attila
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Bishop of Rome whop persuaded Attila not to attack the city of Rome
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Leo the First/Leo The Great
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The Bishop of Rome was just one of the 5 leading bishops of the empire... what were they all known as
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Patriarchs
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After the year 603AD the bishop of Rome would simply be called the
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Pope
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If the bishop of Rome was the leading figure in the west and successor to St Peter... Big city at the mouth of the Nile
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Alexandria
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The traditional date of the fall of the Roman empire is
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476AD
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20 years later the francish king that converted to Christianity
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Clovis
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Monasticism was established in western eeurope by this st. who's rule would be followed to this present day
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Benedict
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The remote island which would become the special center of Christianity during the dark ages was
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Ireland
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The byzantine empire reached its hieght under this emperor 527AD-555AD
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Justinian
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His celebrated empress started out life in very humblr circumstances
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Theodora
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His most lasting achievement was in the field of law by developing
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The Justinian Code
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The great church he built in the capitol was the
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Hagia Sophia (Holy Wisdom)
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The center of social life in the city was the chariot race track
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Hippodrome
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His general who tried to reconquer the lost lands of the empire
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Belisarius
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Chief ciity of the Byzantines in Italy was
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Ravenna
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The barbarians who over ran the Panincula
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Slavs
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The latin speaking church in western europe is called roman catholic and the greek speaking church in eastern europe is called
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Greek Orthodox
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A distinctive feature in churches is
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An Icon
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The byzantine empire would be weakened and left vulnerable by another empire
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Persian or Sassanian
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Other empire followed what religion
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Zoroastrianism
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Zoroastrianism is characterized by a profound
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Dualism
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The meaning of the word Islam is
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Submission to god
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Revelations fo Mohammad were collected in the
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Koran
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What language is the Koran written in
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Arabic
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The structure that stands in the center of Mosque
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The Kaaba
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The event which marks Mohammads flight to the mecca on the Muslim Calendar
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Heigra
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Year Mohammad fled from Mecca
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622AD
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The city he fled too is considered the second holiest city in Islam
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Medina
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The successor of Mohammad was called the
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Caliph
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The successor of Caliph who led the muslims to their first great conquest
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Omar
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The 4th Successor was Mohammads son in law and is the most controversial figure in Islam
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Ali
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The muslims would divide and figtht the civil war of the right of the succession members of the part that favored blood decendants of Mohammad
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Shi ite
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To them the rightful successors are called
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Imam
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Those wo recognized t12 and those who recognized 7... those who recognized 7 are called the
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Ismailis
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All the shi ites are all awating the return of the last Imam
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Hidden Imam
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Those who believe the successor should be elected
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Sunni
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Muslim outburst of conquest was stopped in france at what battle
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Tours
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The year was
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732AD
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The leader who defeated the muslim post was
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Charles the Hammer
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Charles Martel belonged to what tribe
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The Francs
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His grandson would be one of the founding fathers of medieval europe
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Charlemagne
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The grandson would be crowned emperor by the bishop of rome on christmas day in what year
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800AD
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The country of england would derive its name from what tribe
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Angles
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Despinse the name of the people who would populate the island were
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Saxons
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The 300 years from 800-1100 europe would be subjected to incesent rage from seafarers
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Vikings
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The english king who kept them from conquering britian
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Alfred The Great
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The norce wrrior Rolo establshed in northern France in what province
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Normandy
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The swedish warrior Rurik founded by the royal line of
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Russia
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Salvs would adopt the alphabet
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Cyrilic
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