What is the best way to spread religious beliefs? Religious Empires and the Crusades
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- What is the best way to spread religious beliefs? Religious
Empires and the Crusades
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- Byzantine Empire Nova RomaConsiderations New Rome Eastern
Empire Capital city Constantinople named after Roman Emperor
Constantine What does Nova Roma mean? ______________________
______________________ ______________________ What was the capital
of the Byzantine Empire? ______________________
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- Byzantine Empire Nova RomaConsiderations Constantinople Located
in the middle of many trade routes Geographically protected from
attacks Why was Constantinople so successful?
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- Byzantine Empire Nova RomaConsiderations Constantinople Roman
architecture, Christianity, and culture thrived in the Eastern
Empire until 1453 How was the Byzantine Empire similar to the Roman
Empire? ______________________ ______________________
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- Byzantine Empire Nova RomaConsiderations Justinian Took control
of Byzantium in 527 AD Expanded and Modernized the entire empire
What does expanded mean? ______________________
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mean? ______________________ ______________________
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- Byzantine Empire Nova RomaConsiderations Justinian Expanded the
Empire Recovered much of the Empire that once belonged to Rome
Stretching as far West as Spain How far did Justinian expand his
empire? ______________________ ______________________
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- Byzantine Empire Nova RomaConsiderations Justinian Modernized
the Empire with the Justinian Code Uniform laws created from
outdated Roman Law What was the Justinian Code
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- Byzantine Empire Nova RomaConsiderations Justinian Code
Official language was Greek Bishops would be the head of the church
Priests could marry What were some of the important characteristics
of the Byzantine Empire? ______________________
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- Byzantine Empire Nova RomaConsiderations Justinian Code His
proudest accomplishment was Church building campaign The Hagia
Sophia was the most splendid church in the Christian World. What is
a Church building campaign? ______________________
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Sophia? ______________________ ______________________
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Causes
Germanic tribes continuously invaded Roman cities and eventually
invaded Rome itself Why does the Roman Empire collapse in the West?
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Causes
Germans could not read or write Had no obligation to Roman law or
taxes Lived by unwritten rules and tradition The Germanic tribes
were similar or different from the Romans? ______________________
______________________ What do you think the results would be?
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Results Trade
disrupted Cities collapsed Learning declined Common language was
lost What were the immediate results of the Germanic invasions?
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Benedict
Christian leader who wrote strict and practical rules for monks and
nuns Educated the Germanic tribes What did Benedict teach to the
Germanic tribes? ______________________ ______________________
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Benedict By
600 AD many Germanic people converted to Christianity There were
more or less Christians in Western Europe as a result of Benedict?
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Charlemagne
Western King United all of the independent tribes in Western Europe
Spread Christianity Who is Charlemagne and what did he do?
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Charlemagne
Ordered monks to open schools Encouraged learning Thomas Aquinas
defended these religious practices through philosophy What happens
to the role of the Church under Charlemagne? ______________________
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Charlemagne
Crushed a violent mob in Rome and was crowned Emperor by the Pope
Who has more power in Western Europe Charlemagne or the Pope?
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Charlemagne
After his death, the empire was divided among his grandsons This
led to invasions from fierce Scandinavian sailors known as Vikings
Who invaded after Charlemagnes death? ______________________
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Vikings Like
the Germans, they did not have formal religion Soon adopted
Christianity What happened to the role or power of the Church after
the Viking invasions? ______________________ ______________________
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Western
Church Christendom or a Christian Kingdom emerges Cannon Law or
church law was enforced Disobeyed meant excommunication or
banishment from the Church How did the Church get so much power in
Western Europe? ______________________ ______________________
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- Western Europe Invasion and WarfareConsiderations Western
Church Spoke Latin Headed by the Pope Priests could not marry How
would the Western Church be different than the Eastern Church?
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- Spread of Islam IslamConsiderations Monotheistic Belief in
Muhammad Submit to Allah What profit does Islam believe in?
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______________________ What does submit mean?
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- Spread of Islam IslamConsiderations Death of Muhammad Mecca
Some Abandoned Refused to cooperate Declared themselves prophest
What problems occurred in Islam after the death of Muhammad?
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- Spread of Islam IslamConsiderations Quran Sacred Islamic text
Jihad Struggle or fight for the faith Put to use by Caliph What
does Jihad mean? ______________________ ______________________
______________________ Why did Abu-Bakr declared this
interpretation of Jihad? ______________________
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- Spread of Islam IslamConsiderations Jihad Struggle or fight for
the faith Muslim Armies conquered: Arabian Peninsula Egypt Syria In
less than 10 years Where did Islam first spread?
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- Spread of Islam IslamConsiderations Jihad Struggle or fight for
the faith Forced Conversion Forbid Offered equity and hope Jews and
Christians tolerated Taxes forced Were conquered peoples forced to
convert? ______________________ ______________________
______________________ Why did many eventually convert?
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- The Crusades CrusadesConsiderations Holy War for the Holy Lands
What are the Crusades? ______________________
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Lands? ______________________ ______________________
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- The Crusades CrusadesConsiderations Holy War for the Holy Lands
Causes Social: Unify East/West Schism Economic: Wealth in Holy
Lands Political: Western Pope to gain Eastern territory Spiritual:
Ticket to Heaven What are the four broad causes of the Crusades?
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______________________ Who fought in the Crusades?
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- The Crusades CrusadesConsiderations Holy War for the Holy Lands
Effects Social: Weakened the West Economic: Trade increased
Political: Churchs Power increased Spiritual: Hatred among
monotheistic religions What are the four broad effects of the
Crusades? ______________________ ______________________
______________________ Who won the Crusades? ______________________
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- The Crusades Causes and Effects CausesEffects Social Economic
Political Spiritual __________________ __________________