Roman Empire
For centuries, the Roman Empire spread around this sea, which they called Mare Nostrum.
Mediterranean Sea
This Muslim group from Asia Minor finally conquered Constantinople in 1453.
Turks or Ottomans
What kingdom occupied Gaul, Italy and parts of Central Europe
Frankish Empire
The archangel Gabriel told who to be the preacher for the new religion: Islam
Muhammad
This was the language uniting the Roman Empire.
This Byzantine emperor ruled from 518 to 565 and led the empire to its golden age
Emperor Justinian
What was the official language in many of the Germanic peoples kingdoms
Latin
What event is the start of the muslim calendar?
Hijrah
This year marks the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Middle Ages
476 AD
This was the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, founded by Emperor Constantine in 330 CE
Constantinople
What was the official religion in the Germanic kingdoms?
Christianity
The revelations of Allah were recorded in the holy book of Islam which is called?
The Quran
his barbarian leader and his Huns invaded the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century.
Atilla the Hun
The fall of Constantinople in 1453 marks the end of this empire.
Byzantine Empire
Who was crowned the Emperor of Western Territories who prevented the advance of Islam and converted everything to Christianity?
Charlemagne
These small religious paintings of Jesus, Mary, or saints were used in churches and homes mainly painted on panels of wood?
Icons
Some historians mark the end of the Middle Ages with this explorer’s arrival in the Americas in 1492.
Christopher Columbus
Justinian codified Roman laws in this famous collection
Codex Justinianus (or Justinian Code)
After Charlemagne died, his empire was divided among his grandsons by this treaty.
Treaty of Verdun
These beautiful artworks were made by brightly colored tiles (tesserae) that depicted religious scenes?
mosaics