The Byzantine Empire

The Ottoman Empire reached its greatest power under ______

Suleiman's reign saw the Ottomans conquer the ______, southern Russia, and northern Africa

Suleiman encouraged the arts and sciences and had ______ built

Islam was founded by ______, who was born in the Arabian town of Mecca

Muhammad's teachings were written in the ______

The event of Muhammad's escape from Mecca to Medina was called the ______

By 639, the region from Iraq across Egypt was under ______ control

In 711, the Muslims crossed from Africa into ______

Charles Martel defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours in ______

The Moors built a kingdom in ______ that lasted until 1492

Byzantine Empire stretched from southern Spain in the West to the borders of ______ Iran in the East

The Byzantine Empire was a diverse culture that combined many ethnic groups, languages, ______, and creeds

When the Arabs conquered Egypt and Syria in 634, Byzantium became more ______ and less Roman

Byzantium was known for its art. Art created during this period is called ______

Architecture, mosaics, enamel work, ivory carving, and metal work were all forms of art that developed in new and distinctive ______

One of the greatest architectural achievements of Byzantine was the construction of the church of Hagia Sophia also known as ______

The Ottoman Turks captured ______ and changed the name of Constantinople to Istanbul

The loss of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire was devastating to ______ Europe

The cultural development of the Byzantine Empire has had a lasting ______ on the modern Roman nations

The first capital of the Muslim Empire was ______ in Syria

The Roman Empire split in ______

The section in the west was called the ______ Western Empire

The section in the east was called the ______ Eastern Empire

The Greek Eastern Empire was also called the ______ Empire

The center of the Greek Eastern part of the Roman Empire was the old Greek city of ______

Byzantium was a valuable ______ strategically located for trade and military purposes

Byzantium was rebuilt as a capital city by Emperor ______ the Great

It was then renamed Constantinople after the ______

Constantinople, called ______ today, flourished and became as splendid as Rome

In the second and third centuries A.D., Christianity was spreading throughout the Roman ______