Midterm Review

This assignment can also be found in your Google Classroom.  Complete it there and submit it by the Midterm.

What you need to know for the S.S. Mid-term
Byzantine

-Achievements of the Byzantine Empire

-Examples of Byzantine preserving Greek and Roman Ideas

-Importance of Justinian’s Code

-Reasons for Byzantine’s Downfall 

Islam

-Understand the geography of the Arabian Peninsula

-Trace the origins of the religion of Islam

-Include the important events of Muhammad’s life

-Other aspects of the religion including the Quran, the 5 Pillars, definition of a mosque

Europe

-Charlemagne’s impact on Western Europe

-Reasons for the rise of Feudalism

-The hierarchy in feudal society

-All aspects of life on a Manor

-All aspects of a lord-vassal contract

-Reasons for the Christian Church being such a  powerful force in Western Europe

-Importance of the Battle of Hastings in 1066

-Importance of William the Conqueror

-The different aspects of English Reform that came under William’s successors

-The Crusades (include causes, players, and effects)

-Explain the changes that occur as people move from manors to towns

-Describe in depth, the reasons for the fall of Feudalism