Byzantine+Empire+and+Islam

The Byzantine Empire
= = The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern part of the Roman Empire. After west part of the Roman Empire fall, from its great ideas and technologies, it kept the power about 10 centuries until the Ottoman Empire came and destroy the country.

**[[image:file/view/bizans.jpg align="left"]] The Byzantine Empire: A legacy of the Greek civilization**
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__Change in Empire's Territory (476~1400)__ __What was the Byzantine Empire? Explain with many details:__

Byzantine empire was the east part of old Rome empire. The name Byzantine came from the old name of the capital Constantinople. In the year of 395, emperor Diocletian divided Rome Empire into west and east two parts. The west empire got weaker and weaker because of economic, political, military, and many other problems. So emperor Constantine moved the capital to east, or Rome to Constantinople. West part finally conquered by invaders in 476. But the east part of the empire stood for another thousands of years.

Emperor Diocletian, feeling the Empire was too large to govern, split the empire into East and West. After the Roman Empire fell, the remnant, the Eastern Empire came to be known as the Byzantine Empire. The Byzantine emperors called themselves Emperors of the Romans

Life in the Wester Empire was grim, the Byzantine Empire put up fine buildings trimmed in gold. A new university was built there, the people grew wealthy from trading. The language in Byzantine Empire was Greek, this became the official language of the Easter church. In A.D.1054 the Christian church split into two sections, the church in the west was called Roman Catholic, the church in the east was called Eastern Orthodox.

Byzantine empire is located in the east of the Rome. People there have a good life. They have beautiful buildings, schools, universities, and churches. People are tradingand being wealthy. They spoke Greek as a language.

__Justinian Code:__ It was a set of laws wrote by Justinian to maintain the Byzantine Empire.

It was the result of Emperor Justinian's desire that existing Roman law be collected into a simple and clear system of laws, or "code." Tribonian, a legal minister under Justinian, lead a group of scholars in a 14-month effort to codify existing Roman law.

The Catholic Church Splits: Write down differences under each one!

 * Catholic Church || Similarities || Eastern Orthodox Church ||
 * -Services are conducted in Latin.

-The pope has authority over all other bishops.

-The pope have authority over all kings and emperors.

-The pope claims authority over all kings and emperors.

-Priests may not marry.

-Divorce is not permitted. || -Based on Bible and Jesus.

-Use sacraments.

-Leaders are priests and bishops.

-Seeks to convert people. || -Services are conducted in Greek or local languages.

-The service is been conducted in Greek.

-The patriarch and other bishops head the church as a group.

-The emperors claims authority over the patriarch and other bishops of the empire.

-Priests may be married

-Divorce is allowed under certain conditions. ||

=__**The Religion of Islam: **__=

__How did Muhammad become the Prophet?__ __How is Islam similar to Christianity and Judaism__?
Muhammad became the prophet by seeing a vision of the ArchAngel Gabriel in a cave. Gabriel told him that he was the new messenger of the God, Allah. He told his followers and they believed in him. Islam is similar to Christianity and Judaism because they all believe in one god, and their religions are based on the same storied like Adam and Noah.



Muhammad became the prophet because he saw a vision of Angel Gabriel the messenger of Allah. He was hold many revelations,and was told to go out and preach the word of Allah.Islam is similar to Christianity and Judaism because all of them believe in one God.

__What are the 5 pillars of Islam:__ __How did Islam spread so easily?__
1.Allah There is no god except Allah, and Muhammad is his prophet.

2.Prayer The prayers performed five times a day and wash before praying. -Dawn -Noon -Date afternoon -Sunset -Before going to bed

3.Zakat Muslims believe that all things belong to God. People should give money to poor. Charitable donations- has to go to god -About 2.5%of you income goes to God.

4.Sawm They fast during the holy month of Ramadan. It is considered a method of self-purification.-And( cleaning)

5.Hajj Must be done at least once in a Muslim's life time. -The trip to mecca. 2-3 million Muslims make the trip each year

**__MECCA __**
Mecca is the holy city of Islam. Muslims should go to Mecca once in life time. The other two holy citied are Jerusalem and Medina.





__What is the Jihad__?
Jihad is a religious duty of Muslims. It is called the holy war. It started when Muhammad decided to spread Islam to West. Jihad is also a piece in Islam that says there is only one true God and there should be one state

__The Jihad__
What was it? Jihad was religious war. This has been going on since Muhammad's death and continues today. The Jihad war was against Non-Muslims

What did many Muslims do while fighting for the Jihad? They spread Islams to place s where they traveled.

Who was Al-Razi? What did he do? What people did he make upset?
Al-Razi was the person that brought intelligence and a deep compassion for people to philosophy and to the practice of medicine. Al-Razi was upset with the religion, because he argued that religious leaders used tricks to fool people also he believed that religion was a base of violence and hatred. He wrote a encyclopedia that contains all medicines from Greece.

__Other facts about Islam__
What do you know about the number of wives some Muslim men had? What could Muslims not eat? What else could they not do?

- Every man could have up to four wives at once. - Muslims could not have alcohol and pork product. - They could not gamble. - Three holiest cities in Islam: Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem. - They should not do sharia. - Belief goes all the way to Adam and Noah.

What allowed Islam to spread easily? What allowed it to spread?
- Easy to learn and practice. - No priesthood. - Teaches equalities. - Easily "portable" a nomad and trade routes. - Jihad against pagans and other non-believers.

**//RELIGION OF ISLAM//**
Main things you must believe in: - Believe in the One God, Allah, who has power over all creation. - Believe in the Angels. - Believe in God's books (Koran, the Torah, the Gospel, etc). - Believe in the Prophets (including Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, Muhammad). - They did not belief that Jesus is the son of god, but belief that he is a prophet. - Believe in fasting and prayer. - Believe in the Day of Judgment. - Believe in Destiny (Good or Bad).