Unit 6-7: Key People & Groups

Prophet that founded the Islamic religion

• Moses

• Jesus

• Muhammad

• Buddha

Son in law of Muhammad; last of the first four caliphs; led to a split in Islamic faith

• Uthman

• Abu Bakr

• Ali

• Omar

Name of the Muslim God

• Allah

• Yahweh

• Brahman

• Zeus

Group of peoples who Conquered the Byzantine Empire

• Ottoman Turks

• Mongol Hordes

• Vikings

• Crusaders

Frankish ruler who stopped the Muslim incursion into Europe at the Battle of Tours in 732 CE; Charlemagne’s grandfather

• Charles Martel

• Clovis I

• Pepin the Short

• Louis the Pious

Byzantine monk that adapted the Greek Alphabet to the Slavic People of Eastern Europe

• St Cyril

• St Methodius

• St Augustine

• St Benedict

King of Mali; adopted Islam after a hajj to Mecca

• Mansa Musa

• Sundiata Keita

• Askia Muhammad

• Ali ibn Abi Talib

Greatest ruler of the Byzantine empire; Had Roman law codified

• Justinian

• Constantine

• Theodosius

• Heraclius

Threw off the Rule of the Mongols; Expanded the Russian Nation; first Tsar (Czar)

• Ivan the III (Great)

• Peter the Great

• Catherine the Great

• Nicholas II