Western Civ Ch 7

Why did Justinian's reconquest of the western Roman Empire fail?

The pandemic known as Justinian's plague was likely caused by:

Justinian's longest lasting reform was the:

It is difficult to date the beginning of Byzantine history with precision because:

Between 610 and 1071, the major security threats to the Byzantine empire came from:

The Byzantine economy in the early Middle Ages was:

The early Byzantine religion was known for its:

Although the Iconoclastic Controversy was eventually resolved, its lasting effects included the

In Byzantine schools, Classical Greek literature was:

Women from wealthy Byzantine families

The Byzantine church of Hagia Sophia was influential in the history of architecture because it:

The word Islam means:

By the late sixth century C.E., the economy of Arabia was

The Hijrah (Hegria) refers to the prophet Muhammad's move from:

In their worship of Allah, Muslims worship

The Qu'ran contains:

Islam spread so quickly in the seventh and eighth centuries because

In comparison to the Umayyad, the Abbasid caliphate:

The Umayyads of Al-Andalus and the Abbasids of Persia competed for dominance through:

Compared to medieval Europe in the central Middle Ages (800-1100), the Islamic world was:

Within Islam, social mobility was encouraged because of

Marriage patterns within upper-class Muslim society around the year 1000 differs from Classical Greek and Roman patterns because:

Opportunity for advancement is Islamic cultures ideally depended on:

Charlamagne and Harun al-Rashid formed an alliance partially because of their shared enemy, the:

Historians looking for a rupture in western European attitudes toward ancient Roman culture and traditions will likely find it between the lives of

Most people in the early Middle Ages facilitated economic transactions by using:

The Merovingian dynasty in France traced its origin back to Clovis's legendary grandfather Merovech, who was believed to be the son of:

Monastaries in the early Middle Ages were:

The gradual conversion of the early medieval European countryside to Christianity was carried out primarily by:

Why were so many covents (monastic houses for women) founded during the seventh century C.E.

A long-term result of Boniface anointing Pepin on behalf of the papacy was that:

As a Christian king responsible for ruling a Christian society, Charlemagne:

Underlying the Carolingian Renaissance was the basic conviction that:

Charlamagne reformed writing in his empire by:

Which was the most significant event in creating the Byzantine hostility toward the Latin Christian world?

Scandinavian traders turned to raiding because

The Viking are generally regarded as being a destructive force in European history:

Once they conquered a territory, Viking populations

The economic base of the Abbasid Caliphate lay in:

The Abbasid empire effectively came to an end in: