History 140 Spring Semester 2002
Study Questions for Week 9
1. What was Justinian's contribution to Roman Law?
2. What were the conflicts regarding religious beliefs of Christians
in the Byzantine Empire?
3. What were the causes of division of Christianity into Roman Catholic
and Eastern Orthodox Churches? What were long term effects of this
division?
4. What were the relationships between Islam, Christianity and Judaism
as religions?
5. What were the opposing views regarding succession to Muslim leadership
in the 100 years after Muhammad's life?
Places:
Ravenna
Constantinople
Mecca
Medina
Jerusalem
Damascus
Alexandria
Cordoba
Ctesiphon
Baghdad