Byzantine Empire & Islamic Civilizations Vocabulary

Justinian's Code

• Roman law organized by Byzantine emperor Justinian
• Religious images or representations of an object, deity, or sacred figure or event
• Art of creating images with an assemblage og small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials to cover a surface
• Principal church of the Byzantine Empire in its capital, Constantinople, and a mosque after the Ottoman Empire conquered the city in 1453

Icons

• Roman law organized by Byzantine emperor Justinian
• Religious images or representations of an object, deity, or sacred figure or event
• Art of creating images with an assemblage og small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials to cover a surface
• Principal church of the Byzantine Empire in its capital, Constantinople, and a mosque after the Ottoman Empire conquered the city in 1453

Mosaics

• Roman law organized by Byzantine emperor Justinian
• Religious images or representations of an object, deity, or sacred figure or event
• Art of creating images with an assemblage og small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials to cover a surface
• Principal church of the Byzantine Empire in its capital, Constantinople, and a mosque after the Ottoman Empire conquered the city in 1453

Hagia Sophia

• Roman law organized by Byzantine emperor Justinian
• Religious images or representations of an object, deity, or sacred figure or event
• Art of creating images with an assemblage og small pieces of colored glass, stone, or other materials to cover a surface
• Principal church of the Byzantine Empire in its capital, Constantinople, and a mosque after the Ottoman Empire conquered the city in 1453

Great Schism

• The separation of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
• An alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages
• A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
• The prophet and founder of Islam

Cyrillic Alphabet

• The separation of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
• An alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages
• A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
• The prophet and founder of Islam

Arabian Peninsula

• The separation of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
• An alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages
• A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
• The prophet and founder of Islam

Muhammad

• The separation of the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church
• An alphabet derived from the Greek alphabet and used for writing Slavic languages
• A peninsula between the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf
• The prophet and founder of Islam

Mecca

• The holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace
• City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca
• Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage for all Muslims
• A city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews

Medina

• The holiest city of Islam; Muhammad's birthplace
• City in western Arabia to which the Prophet Muhammad and his followers emigrated in 622 to escape persecution in Mecca
• Declaration of faith, prayer, alms, fasting, and pilgrimage for all Muslims
• A city in the Holy Land, regarded as sacred by Christians, Muslims, and Jews