Constantine calls the Conference at Nicaea in the 4^th century BC in the Byzantine empire to talk about what it means to be a Christian empire.

Constantine was a general in Gaul that takes over the Roman Empire because he heard a voice tell him to take over land in the name of God in the 4^th Century BC.

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  1. Believe in 1 God, Allah and Muhammad is his prophet

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  1. Perform prayers 5 times daily, facing Mecca(pray towards Ka'aba)

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  1. Pay alms to the poor

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  1. Fast during the Ramadan(understand what it is like to be a have-not)

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  1. Make pilgramage(called hajj) to Mecca at least once in your life

King Trdat is the Armenian king who wrote letters to the Emperor of Rome promising to persecute Christians in the 4^th century, BC.

Iconoclastic Controversy occurred in the eighth century BCE where the East finds icons as idolatry and the West doesn’t.

In the 10^th century in Tunisia the concept of Mahdi meaning savior came about by the Muslims so that they had an understanding that a savior needs to be blood related.

Mansa Musa is the grandson of Sundiata and he expands Islam in Mali by pouring money into the Islamic education in the 14^th century.

Charlemagne is chosen as new emperor of--- in the 8^th and 9^th century and he was used as a puppet of the Pope yet he saw himself as the next Constantine.

In the 8^th century, Tang Xuanzong becomes emperor of China and gives up his throne once he finds his 17 year old love is dead.

The Fujiwara was very prominent family in Japan in the 11^th century and retained the throne through the use of marriages.

The Seljuk Turks were barbarians that attacked the Abassids in Baghdad during the 11^th century and adopt to places they conquered.

Quraysh is the wealthy family in Mecca that battle the Muslims in the 7^th century because they don’t want Islam to spread.

In the 14^th century Tenochtitlan is the capital city of the Aztecs and dominates Mexico by have the most violent culture.

Hernando de Cortes was a Spanish conquistador that went on an expedition in the 16^th century to the Yucatan peninsula in search of a wealthy empire.

Li Shimin becomes a Tang Emperor in the 7^th century in China and changes the government into 3 bodies to disperse power.

In the 4^th century Justinian reasserted power as emperor in the West over the pope giving him a brief restoration of power during the Issue of Papal Supremacy.

The Delhi Sultanate was a powerful dynasty in the 13^th century emerged as a great imperial capital because they were able to keep the Mongols from invading in Northern India.

Annam, which is now Vietnam, was responsible for the economic growth of the Tang Dynasty by introducing tea and wet rice in the 8^th century.

Vladimir of Kiev was an important Russian ruler in the 10^th century because he was able to unify his power in Kiev by learning political lessons from dealing with the Byzantine Empire.

Shi’ites are the counterpart to Sunnis because of partisan of Ali in the 7^th century in Mecca because see caliphs in the religious and political role.

In the 8^th century the Abassids overthrew the Umayyads to be close to the Silk Road in Baghdad.

Silla was a Vietnamese city that rose to power by becoming allies with the Tang in the 5^th century.

Empress Wu became China’s regent and economically boosted China in the 7^th century by becoming allies with the Muslims to get back to the Silk Road.

Cuzco is the Incas’ military capital that existed in the 14^th and 15^th century and was able to survive in the Andes mountains because they were great engineers.

Mahmud of Ghazni

Mahmud of Ghazni became known as a destroyer in present day Afghanistan because he destroyed Shiva’s temple and slaughtered 50,000 men in the 10^th century.