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a Changing point in History
Question: When the Roman Empire was ending, Constantine, in Contrast to Diocletion, did what?
Answer: He granted the Christian Church large agricultural tracts to support the expansion of Christianity
Question: During the time of the Roman and Byzantine Empire, what allowed Christianity to be able to spread throughout Europe?
Answer: Because it was a state sponsored religion or the Official religion
Question: Some people believe a debt of gratitude is owed to who, for ensuring the survival of Christianity, for almost a thousand years, when Western Europe was too weak to accomplish this task?
Answer: The Byzantine Empire
Question: Incorporation of European and Arabic Ideas in architecture; Preservation of Greco-Roman ideas; spread of Orthodox Christianity into Russia; and the development of the Justinian Code, were all accomplishments of what Empire?
Answer: The Byzantine Empire
Question: Why is the Justinian code considered a milestone in history?
Answer: Because it served as a model for European legal system for centuries
Empires outside of Europe
Question: What was China's economic connection with other nations during the Tang and Song Dynasties?
Answer: During the Tang and Song Dynasties, China traded extensively with other nations.
Question: Which Empire developed a tribute system, reestablished trade along the Silk Road, and crated an empire that stretched from Eastern Europe to the Pacific Ocean?
Answer: The Mongol Empire
Question: What term refers to Mongol Peace, when the Mongols had regional stability and increased trade along the Silk Road?
Answer: Pax Mongolia
Question: The Mongol empire ruled a wide variety and diversity of cultures, including peoples from which areas of the world (4 major areas)?
Answer: China, Russia, Eastern Europe, and India
Question: The Ottoman Empire rose to power by defeating who?
Answer: the Byzantine Empire
Dark Ages
Question: the Middle Ages began in Western Europe after the collapse of what Empire?
Answer: The Roman Empire
Question: During the Middle ages, Western European societies were most influenced by who?
Answer: The Roman Catholic Church
Question: Which group or organization had total power and control during the middle ages in Western Europe?
Answer: The Roman Catholic Church
Question: What was the force that provided unification and stability in Europe during the Middle Ages?
Answer: The Roman Catholic Church
Question: describe the influence medieval Christianity and Traditional Islam had on their respective societies during the Middle Ages
Answer: religion was a way of life that governed people from birth to death
Religions
Question: What is the concept known as, which best explains why most major religions have followers throughout the world?
Answer: Cultural Diffusion
Question: Which Religion is considered to be a historic continuation of the belief system of Jesus?
Answer: Eastern Orthodox
Question: The strong influence of which religion contributed most to the social and cultural identity of the region of the Middle East?
Answer: Islam
Question: Scholars of this religious based empire were encouraged to Preserve and expand ancient Greek and Roman learning, Which religious based empire is it?
Answer: the Muslim Empire
Question: because Charlemagne was a descendant of Germanic Tribes, but had converted to this Religion, his coronation was a significant factor in the development of this religion. Which Religion is it?
Answer: Christianity
Miscellaneous
Question: A series of battles in the Holy land between Muslims and Christians, were called ?
Answer: The Crusades
Question: The primary goal of the Crusades was to recapture what?
Answer: the Holy lands, in particular Jerusalem
Question: As a direct result of the Crusades, Western Europeans learned new ideas from who?
Answer: Byzantines and Muslims
Question: The new ideas being brought to Western Europe resulted in an increased demand for goods from where?
Answer: Asia and the Middle East
Question: what were some of the impacts the crusades had on Western Europe?
Answer: a revival of trade; a decline in feudalism, a new interest in learning, and more cultural contact with the Middle East