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| What was the significance of Odoacer's overthrow of the emperor of the Western Roman Empire? |
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| It marked the end of the Western Roman Empire |
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| What city became the capital of the Byzantine Empire? |
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| What was a reason for the decline of Rome? |
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| dishonest and corrupt rulers |
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| Roman builders were the first people to use what material? |
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| Who was the first emperor of Rome? |
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| Describe the Byzantine civilization. |
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| formed by a blend of several cultures |
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| What was the religious center of the Byzantine Empire? |
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| Describe the Arabian Peninsula. |
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| The relgion of Islam was brought to Arabia through the teachings of whom? |
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| Why did Makkah become the richest city in Arabia? |
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| it was a crossroads for merchants |
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| What is the name given to customs based on Muhammad's words and deeds? |
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| Muslim mathemticians developed what branch of mathematics? |
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And serve God . . . and to your parents show kindness, and to kindred, and orphans, and the poor, and the neighbor who is akin, and the neighbor who is a stranger, and the companion who is strange, and the son of the road. . . . God loves not him who is proud and boastful.
—The Quran
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| proud and boastful people |
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| The moral teachings of the Quran... |
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| are similar to those of the Bible |
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