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Down: 1) was an apostle of jesus, orginally named Saul. After Jesus died he trained missionaries and carried on Jesus' law of love.2) Major religious practices involving both Sunni and Shias. Shows commitment to God by: the profession of faith, prayer, fasting, alms giving, and a pilgrimage to Mecca.Shias add another prayer to the five pillars, praying to Ali.3) King called himself king of kings. Had a number of places in Iran, Mesopotamia, and Persepolis.4) Leader of popular oral tradition passed from generation to the next. Founded the empire of Mali in modern New Gunea.5) known as Justinian the Great he was emperor of Byzantine from 527 to 565. During this time he tried to revive the Empire's greatness and get back the lost western half of the historical Roman Empire.6) The ghana empire, first of the great medieval trading empires of Western Africa fromt eh seventh to the thirteenth century.7) Byzantine Emperor from 610 to 641. Introduced Greek as the Eastern Empire's official language.10) being similar to the style of architecture developed in the Byzantine Empire in the fifth and sixth centuries featuring the dome carried on pendentives over a square and incrustation with marble veneering and with colored mosaics on grounds of gold.13) A kingdom which flourished in 600 CE. Located in the Nile Valley it was the chief city of Ethiopia.Successor of Napata, received support from sufficient agricultural surplus due to annual nile floods and irrigation. Across: 8) set of laws adopted by the romans in 450 BCE. They covered legal matters like procedure, property, inheritance, constitution, due process, family and crime.9) Kerma was the first city in Africa outside of Egypt. It rivaled with Egypt for control of the Nile and trade. Napata was a city state of ancient nubia. It was located on the west bank of the nile river leading to prosperity.11) Large, ruling class owned estates with tenant farmers or slaves12) Prophet who converted Meccans to Islam. He was born to a prominent family but was cast out of Mecca due to his Islamic beliefs. Eventually fought to come back and converted Mecca to Islam. Took a pilgrimage to their Ka'aba to rededicate it to monotheism.14) Was a bishop/scholar and early Christian theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. Had severe Christian ethics leading him to a life of poverty, fasting, self castration, and more.
 

 

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