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Religious Empires

• Ms. Berry
• Social Studies
• 8/14/15

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Key Terms for Religious Empires

• Copy down the definitions for each Empire.
• Be sure to flip over your paper and draw images
  to help you remember each one.

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Hebrews (Judaism)

• Enslaved by Egyptians, Moses led them to Israel
• David, Saul, Soloman unified them into a kingdom
• Conquered by Romans destroyed Jerusalem and
  kicked them out

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Roman Empire

• Spreads across Europe all around Mediterranean
  Sea
• Made Christianity the official religion of empire
• Moved the capital from
• Rome to Constantinople.

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Byzantine Empire

• Eastern ½ of the Roman Empire (Constantinople)
• Lasted for 1,000 years after Rome fell
• Broke from the
• Catholic Church and
• formed the Orthodox
• Church (Great Schism)

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Ottoman Empire

• Muslim Empire that conquered the Byzantine Empire
• Denomination Sunni Ethnicity Turkish
• Constantinople to Istanbul
• Conquered Eastern Europe

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Caliphate

• Conquered Arabia, Central Asia, N. India, N.
  Africa,
• Wanted to convert all of Europe to Islam
• Defeated by Charles Martel at Battles of Tours

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Safavid Empire

• Muslim Empire
• Denomination Shia
• Fought with Ottomans (Muslim Sunni)
• Conquered Persia

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Mughal Empire

• Muslim Empire that conquered India
• Descendants of Mongolians
• Known for religious tolerance and architecture

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Charlemagnes Empire

• Ruled over Western Europe
• Crowned Holy Roman Emperor by the Pope
• Spread ideas of Catholic Church across kingdom

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Do you remember?

• What are the 7 continents?
• What are the 5 oceans?