The Catholic pope loses most of his power

The Orthodox Church is created

Jesus of Nazareth is crucified

Christian beliefs spread throughout Europe

Muslims separated themselves from other social groups

Muslim leaders formed partnerships with wealthy merchants

Muslims practiced acceptance for people of all backgrounds

Muslim leaders called for the destruction of all other religions

Muslims split into Sunnis and Shiites

Warring Arabian tribes became united

Mecca's leaders converted to Christianity

Jewish people were forced to flee Arabia

Muhammad is an important prophet of Allah

Non-Muslims should be forced to study in madrassas

Prayer should be performed only on special holidays

Only priests should travel to the holy city of Mecca

Muhammad is God's only prophet

Non-Muslim books should be destroyed

Women cannot become Muslims

There is only one true God

The Mongols weakened the Abbasids by refusing to trade with them

The Mongols forced the Abbasids to stop dividing power between sultans

The Mongols attacked Abbasid territory and destroyed its empire

The Mongols started to Abbasid golden age by building the House of Wisdom

enslaving Europeans to work on farms

taxing non-Muslims in its empire

selling captured lands to the Mongols

trading advanced technologies for gold

Created highly accurate maps

Set up democratic governments

Removed foreign influences from the culture

Built the world's largest army

Separated religion from government

Built the world's largest army

Took over most of western Europe

Promoted new forms of literature

became the center of power for the Catholic faith

preserved the customs of ancient Greece and Rome

was able to defend itself against foreign invasions

converted the center of power for the Catholic faith

isolating itself from trade and conflict with foreign powers

capturing land that had been part of the Roman Empire

forming alliances with powerful Muslim empires

defeating the Mongol forces that invaded eastern Europe

The crusader's attack on Constantinople

The fall of the Western Roman Empire

The rise of Emperor Justinian and Theodora

The growth of trade along the Black Sea

The defeat of the Mongol Empire

The fall of the Western Roman Empire

The spread of trade in the Bosporus Strait

The spread of the Black Plague

To do most of the farming and other labor

To offer medical and educational services

To serve as professional soldiers in wartime

To divide land between different lords

To help peasants rise to higher positions

To manage and protect lands for the king

To serve as professional soldiers during wartime

To increase the influence of the Catholic Church

United many European kingdoms

Set up the first guilds for workers

Spread the Black Death in enemy lands

Shut down most European schools

Ended the spread of the Black Death

Gave equal rights to non-Christians

Split apart the Holy Roman Empire

Improved education in Europe

Reduce the power of the pope

Give peasants more freedom

Capture the Holy Land

Protect European Jews

Punish rebellious peasants

Connect with Muslim traders

Reduce the power of the pope

End programs against Jews