1. Discuss the state of the Byzantine Empire at the end of Justinian’s rule? Why was Justinian’s unification of the legal code important?
2. What were the impetuses for both the First and Second Iconoclasms? Why was iconoclasm overturned after the First Iconoclasm?
3. What are the two churches called today that resulted from the East-West Schism?
4. Why did the Holy Roman Empire ally the Byzantine Empire before the crusades?
5. Discuss happened after the Siege of Constantinople?
6.How did the Byzantine Empire contribute to the development of Europe in the Renaissance?
Chap 10
1. Descibe what life was like for the Bedouin as nomad-pastoralists? How would pre-Islam Bedouin religion be described?
2. Detail examples of the legal status of most women before Islam? What are the Five Pillars and which of the Five Pillars marked one’s conversion to Islam?-
3. What is the significance of the Constitution of Medina? How is Muhammad’s character described? What is the significance of Muhammad being ummi?
4. What was the Hijra in 622 CE? What was the political status of Arabia in 632 CE?
5. How did the Abbasids claim power after the Umayyad dynasty? How did the Abbassids promote political stability in the Middle East?
6. Describe the Islamic Golden Age?
7. What caused the split between Sunnis and Shi’as? What contributed to the Caliphates’ quick rise to power?
