Romanesque Period | Islam | Islam | Islam | Carolingian Renaissance |
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What is Romanesque period
period influenced by Ancient Rome and Byzantine, also local traditions
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Who is Allah
gave the Quran to Islam
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What is the Quran
the collected teachings of Muhammad
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What is False
Muslim art depicts living creatures, true or false
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What is the Christian Roman Empire
this renaissance reached for models drawn from
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Who are the Etruscans
arches in architecture influenced by
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What is Islam
submitting to God's will
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What is the sharia
the all embracing Islamic code of conduct based on the Quran
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What is the Kaaba
means cube, and refers to the Sacred House in the center of Mecca
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What is "The Song of Roland"
a Medieval epic, longest surviving major work of French literature featuring Charlemagne as a major figure
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Who is William the Conqueror
gave land to his followers and built castles
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What is Five Pillars of Faith
Declaration of Creed, Pray 5 times a day, Give aims to poor, Fasting from dawn to dusk, Make a pilgrimage to Mecca
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What is a mosque
an Islamic temple or house of worship
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What is the Mihrab
a niche placed in a interior wall of a mosque to help worshipers place their mats in the right direction facing Mecca
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Who is Guido
a monk of the Benedictine order from the Italian city-state Arezzo, the inventor of Modern musical notation
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Who is Duke William II of Normandy
leader of the Norman Conquest
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What is hegira or hajj
flight; a migration or necessary journey
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What are minarets
tall, slender towers in which the crier calls the people to pray 5 times a day
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What is plants, flowers, nature
Muslim art mainly depicts this
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What is the Guidonian Hand
sight singing by pointing to the joints in the fingers on your hand
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What is "Bayeux Tapestry"
depicts events leading up to the Norman Conquest, referred to as "a continuous visual narrative"
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What is jihad
a holy war
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What is muezzin
"the crier" is referred to as
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Who is Gerome
Prayer on the rooftops were started by
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What is Feudalism
a set of reciprocal and military obligation among the warrior nobility, revolving the key concepts of lords, vassals and fiefs
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