The Rise and Spread of Islam

Pre-Islamic Arabia (Links to an external site.)
Muhammad and the Rise of Islam (Links to an external site.)
The Umayyad and Abbasid Empires (Links to an external site.)
Chap 9
1. Discuss the state of the Byzantine Empire at the end of Justinian’s rule? Why was Justinian’s unification of the legal code important?
2. What were the impetuses for both the First and Second Iconoclasms? Why was iconoclasm overturned after the First Iconoclasm?
3. What are the two churches called today that resulted from the East-West Schism?
4. Why did the Holy Roman Empire ally the Byzantine Empire before the crusades?
5. Discuss happened after the Siege of Constantinople?
6.How did the Byzantine Empire contribute to the development of Europe in the Renaissance?