Byzantine and Islamic Empires

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What Byzantine emperor codified Roman law to create The Body of Civil Law?

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Justinian

Front

What groups began threatening the Eastern Roman Empire causing it to become the Byzantine Empire?

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Germanic and Islamic

Front

What church/mosque in the Byzantine Empire is its greatest architectural achievement?

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Hagia Sophia

Front

In the Byzantine Empire, the head of the church was known as the

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patriarch

Front

Constantinople was a center of ______ between the East and West

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trade

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The religious and political successor to Muhammad is known as the

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caliph

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The Arab Empire allowed people to practice their own religion, but they had to

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pay a special tax

Front

The Umayyad caliphates moved the capital of the Arab Empire to

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Damascus, Syria

Front

At what battle did Frankish forces prevent the spread of Islam into Europe?

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Battle of Tours

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True or False: The Arabs attempted to attack Constantinople but were defeated by the Byzantines.

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true