1. Topics: Islamic Civilization, Byzantine Empire and Early Russia
Exam Review
Topics: Islamic Civilization, Byzantine Empire and Early Russia
Exam – Thursday (2/8/18)

2. Islam Meaning: Surrendering oneself to Allah
Hegira - Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina – 622 A.D. – Year 1 on the Muslim calendar
5 Pillars of Islam
Declaration of Faith
Prayer
5 times a day
face the holy city of Mecca
Give Alms to the poor
Fasting
Hajj

3. Islam Caliph – political and religious successor of Muhammad Shiites
Caliphs should only be descendants of Muhammad
Umayyad Dynasty – Political Center/Capital - Damascus
Abbasid Dynasty – Political Center/Capital - Baghdad
Contributions
Medical Textbooks
Architecture featuring minarets
The Thousand and One Nights
Algebra

4. Byzantine Empire
Orthodox Christianity - form of Christianity that emerged in the Byzantine Empire
Church built in Constantinople by Justinian – Hagia Sophia
Greek was the official language
Fell in 1453 A.D. – Ottoman Turks

5. Early Russia
Two missionaries responsible for the creation of the written script for Slavic language - Cyril and Methodius (Cyrillic Alphabet)
Mongols (Tartars) - responsible for the conquest of Kievan Russia after 1236