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late antiquity and the early middle ages chapter 6
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Theodora (d. 548)
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Justinian's wife and his chief counselor
Daughter of a circus performer who began her career as a prostitute
A true co-ruler
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Islam
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New religion appearing in Arabia in the sixth century in response to the work of the Prophet Muhammad.
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Qur'an
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Sacred book comprised of a collection of the revealed texts that God had chosen Muhammad to convey.
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Ka'ba
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One of Arabia's holiest shrines located in Mecca, the birthplace of Muhammad.
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ulema
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(Persons with correct knowledge) Scholarly elite leading Islam.
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caliphate
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Office of the leader of the Muslim community.
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Shi'a
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The party of Ali They believed Ali and his descendants were Muhammand's only rightful successors.
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Sunnis
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Followere of the sunna, tradition. They emphasize loyalty to the fundamental principles of Islam.
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Papal Primacy
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First asserted as a response to the decline of imperial Rome. Pope Leo 1 took the title pontifex maximus. Constantinople lost influence over papacy as Byzantine control of Italy decreased.
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Monophysites
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Believers in a single, immortal nature of Christ; not both eternal God and mortal man in one and the same person.
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iconoclasm
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Opposition to the use of images in Christian worship.
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Caesaropapism
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Emperor acting as if he were pope as well as caesar.
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fiefs
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(Lands) Granted to cavalry men to fund their equipment and service
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Papal States
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Central part of Italy where Pope Stephen II became the secular ruler when confirmed by the Franks in 755.
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Church and State
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Church played a large role in Frankish government. Christian bishops became lords in service of the King. Franks confirm pope as ruler of the Papal States in 755.
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Holy Roman Empire
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The domain of the German monarchs who revived the use of the Roman imperial title during the Middle Ages.
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Vassal
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A person granted an estate or cash payments in return for rendering services to a lord.
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serf
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Peasant bound to the land he worked.
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Three- field system
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Developed by medieval farmers, a system in which three fields were utilized during different growing seasons to limit the amount of nonproductive plowing and to restore soil fertility through crop rotation.
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Hegira
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Forced flight of Muhammad and his followere to Medina, 240 miles north of Mecca. This event marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar.
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The end of Rome was due to what
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its size, unemployment, valgurization (multiculturalism)
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Huns
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Came form the steps of russia
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Goths
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southern europe. Germans
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Vandals
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entered Rome and wrote all over things
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Franks
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French
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Burgundians
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French (Southern)
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Angleo Saxons
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Englishmen
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The Byzantine Empire
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Set up in Turkey. Different than the Western Empire. The Byzantine or Eastern Empire is a Greek Orthodox Religion. They had a Roman Emperor their version of the Pope.
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Iconiclasm
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do not support the worshiping of idols
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Justinian
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wanted to recapture the west
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Middle Eastern
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were mainly Pagans
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Muhammad
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islam receives messages from God
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The key element to Islam
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is Submission Christians had a choice.
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