8th Century Muslims celebrated the end of Christianity by using

pillars of a demolished church to build the ____in southern Asia

Middle East – Islam took control of Jerusalem in 638 and

constructed the Muslim shrine, Built on a location sacred to Jews – contained the stone

Abraham had offered to sacrifice his son, Site of the 1st 2 Jewish

temples

635 Nestorian Church took hold in China with permission of Tang rulers

Art and literature gave Christian message using _____concepts

Religious text in China’s Christian Church during Tang

Rule. Referred to Christianity as “Religion of Light from the

West” or “Luminous Religion” Described God as “Cool Wind”

and sin as “Bad Karma”

Africa – Christianity was the religion of the majority when

Islam arrived 640

6th century Christianity took hold here. Kings sometimes served as

priests. Armies twice defeated the Muslims. Agreement that Egypt

would protect this Christian community. Protection lasted 600

years, but as Muslims in Egypt became more hostile toward

Christianity and attacked them, by 1500 Christians had disappeared

Here rulers of Axum had adopted Christianity by 4th century. It became an island in a sea of

Islam. Here they tell the story of a queen who was seduced by

Solomon and had a childSolomon was in the line of Jesus

and this put rulers in this line

Part of the Roman Empire in the east

4th century Constantine made ____the capital of Eastern half

of the Roman Empire

Grand Mosque of Sana’a

Dome of the Rock

Buddhist and Daoist

Jesus Sutras Egypt sNubia

EthiopiaByzantineConstantinople

527-565 took the Byzantine Empire to its greatest sizeHad 200 years of Roman law rewritten

Type of Christianity in the Byzantine Empire

Ruler head of church and state but can appoint a patriarch,

Easter most important holy day, Greek is the language of the

church and icons (statues) not allowed

Started in 1095 to help Catholic pope against Islam – forces

passing through Byzantine often caused injustices against locals

Forces looted and controlled Constantinople - Byzantine viewed Roman Catholics as

despoilers - gap in Christianity not able to be repaired

Byzantine Empire, Gold coins the ____(wearing as a pendant was

a status symbol)

Named after most prominent city Kiev. Built along Dnieper River linking Scandinavia and Byzantine by trade

Land of slaves and freemen, polytheistic and small Jewish and

Christian population

Prince __of Kiev adopted Eastern Orthodox as the state

religion 10th century / rejecting Islam for its ban on alcohol

Married the sister o a Byzantine Emperor and acquired many

Byzantine priests and advisors

678-814 controlled France, Belgium, Netherlands and parts of Germany and Italy. Christmas day 800, given the title by the pope as Emperor of everything that is Christian or 1st

Holy Roman Emperor

Justinian Orthodox

Crusades4th crusades bezant

Kievan Rus Vladimir Charlemagne

Orthodox Christianity in the Byzantine Empire

Lords give protection to lessor lords for military service and

promised fiefs, peasants given protection but farm the lord’s

land - Local estates and manors

Modeled after the Roman Empire took over some political, administrative and educational

and warfare functionsChurch became very wealthy

and often competed with state authority for control

1000-1300Western Europe’s population grew from 35 million in 1000 to 80 million by 1340Agriculture revolution compared to China’s at the same time1300 the forest covering Europe had been reduced to 20% of land area. Stimulated long distance trade. Italy (Florence, genoa, and Venice would be trading centers

Laywomen who practiced celibacy and devoted themselves to weaving,

caring for the sick and old

Italian merchant went to China, served the Great Khan / Kublai

Khan

13th century, gave logic to Christian doctrine – a new

emphasis on human rational will give rise to the Scientific

Revolution

What advantage did the Byzantine Empire have that

enabled it to survive as a political entity for a thousand years longer than the western

part of the Roman Empire”

Long term effect of___. Spain, Sicily, and the Baltic region permanently

joined the world of Western Christendom

Technological changes in which field limited women’s opportunities in Western Europe by the fifteenth century?

High middle Ages Roman Catholic Church

BeguinesMarco Polo Thomas Aquinas

Stronger MilitaryCrusades in EuropeWeaving

Feudalism

Besides Islam, which of the following was also a target of Western European crusaders?

Contributed to the decline of Christianity in Asia and Africa by

1500

Outside of Europe, the strongest presence of Christianity from

500 to 1300 was in

In Western Europe from 1000 to 1300, power was

divided among

In which civilization was the rationalism and secularism of Greek thought used to explain

religious doctrines?

Ethiopia Rise of Islam

kings, nobles, and church leaders

Western Europe

Eastern Orthodox Christianity