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Lesson 1.01 Set the Stage
1. Name three challenges that emperors faced when the borders of their empires expanded:
Match the important events of the Roman Empire:
2. ____ 1000 BCE a. Roman empire controls Italian Peninsula
3. ____ 509 BCE b. Punic Wars
4. ____ 275 BCE c. Julius Caesar conquers Western Europe
5. ____ 264 BCE-146 BCE d. Rome is founded
6. ____ …show more content…
Jesus Christ: He is the most important figure in Christianity, held by tradition to have been the son of God. Christians believe that Jesus allowed himself to be crucified by the Romans to atone for the sins of humanity.
25. Jizya: a poll tax paid by minority religious groups within the Muslim empire
26. Justinian Code: a collection of laws and legal interpretations formed with the support of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I
27. Kinship: a relationship or connection between two parties that share a common biological, cultural, or historical origin
28. Muhammed: Muhammad is the founder of Islam. Muslims consider him to be the last in a line of prophets of God. His prophesies, collected in the Qur'an, are believed by Muslims to be the word of God.
29. Moses: He is the most important figure in Judaism, believed to have written the Torah (the first five books of the Hebrew Bible). Moses is an important prophet in both Christianity and Islam.
30. Ottoman Turks: Turkish group ruled by the Ottoman dynasty; formed an empire that lasted from about 1300 to 1922
31. Patriarch: a man considered the father or founder of a family, race, or religion
32. Political Focus: forms of government, revolutions, legal systems, war and