Note Cards

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Chapter 11 Notes Update

Hi Everyone!
Chapter 11 Notes will be handed out in class on Tuesday! No need to print anything. Remember to read chapter 11 before coming to class. Also, print out the Aztec Inca PowerPoint

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Study Guide for Chapter 8-9 Test Thu/Fri

Crusades and their results
The Council of Clermont
Success of many cities in Italy and Flanders
Revival of Western Europe (1000-1200)
Kievan Russia and power
Vladimir I choosing Orthodox Christianity over Islam
Monasticism
Responsibilities of monasteries and convents
Challenges of the Roman Catholic Church after 10th century
Rise of the mounted warrior
Europe from 300 to 1200 as “feudal”
Byzantine cultural achievements
“plague of Justinian”
Byzantine Empire loss of territory
Byzantines – how different than west
Great Schism
Europe up to the year 1200
Sufism
Muslim women is not true?
The great vision of the shari’a
Muslim fighting the European Crusades
The ulama
Umayyad Spain
The caliphs standing army
Abbasid rule
The Umayyad dynasty
Arab armies
Muhammad’s revelations
Muslim religious practice
Why Muhammad conceived Islam
Mecca
Division of the Muslim

Monday, October 20, 2008

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Islamic Empire Response

PROMPT:
How did neighboring empires shape the creation and growth of Islam both religiously, politically and economically?

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