Development of islam, christianity and buddhism

What major administrative change did the Umayyad Dynasty implement to create a stronger Arab Islamic identity?

• Thay moved the capital bact to Mecca

• They established Arabic as the language of administration

• Thay abolished the role of the local tax collectors

• They continued using Greek and Persian in government

Arab Muslim armies began to conquer Byzantine and Sasanian lands after ending (a)   in Arabia.

What four factors had weakened the Byzantine and Sasanian empires, making them vulnerable to conquest?

Answer explanation

Wars, economic problems, disease, and environmental troubles.

What document was the result of the meeting of Christian leaders at the Council of Nicaea?

• The Edict of Milan

• The Nicene Creed

• The New Testament

• The Roman Legal Code

Early Christians believed their God was the same deity that which other religious group believed in?

(a)  

Which apostle's many letters, written after Jesus's death, became part of the New Testament?

(a)  

In 313 CE, the Roman emperor _____ issued the Edict of Milan.

• Julius

• Octavian

• Constantine

• Augustus

What year marks the fall of the Western Roman Empire?

• 325

• 313

• 475

• 476

According to the Four Noble Truths, what is identified as the fundamental cause of suffering?

• desire

• violence

• rebirth

• the caste system

The term 'Buddha' is a title that means...

• the enlightened one

• the royal one

• the ascetic one

• the peaceful one