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What is the cultural heritage of the Byzantine Empire?
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Roman
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What does Hagia Sophia mean, and what is it?
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Holy wisdom;
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What did Justinian do to make a set of laws for Constantinople?
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He condensed the Roman Twelve Tables, which became the Justinian Code
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What was the House of Wisdom?
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A place in Baghdad where philosophers, scientists, mathematicians, etc could come together to develop ideas
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 What is the Alhambra Palace, and where is it? |
Cordoba, Spain; excellent example of Islamic art/architecture
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Who were the Nika Rebels, and what did they do?
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Byzantine Empire- started massive riot mostly about taxes. Justinian trapped 30,000 of them in the Hippodrome and had them quickly slaughtered
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What did the Hajj do for Islam?
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It was the key to the spread of the religion (Islam), besides trade.
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Hospitals- what did the Islamic people achieve in this category?
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Cataract surgeryBasic understanding of germsSeparating patients of different conditions to help with not spreading illnesses, equipment, staff etc
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Trade- what did it do for the Byzantines and Islamic people?
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Byzantines: Very rich Islam: Spread religion/ideas
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Trade- how did the Hajj help with the spread of Islam?
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Trading goods and ideas- people could spread new things in hometown or on journey etc
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How far did the Islamic empire go, and how did it get there?
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From Spain to the edge of China; trade, conquering a lot of people
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What law from the Justinian code relates to an American law, and how?
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No one must suffer a penalty because of what he thinks; in America, the first bill of
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