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  • The date of the hijra.
    622
  • The holy city of the Islam.
    Mecca
  • What is the following source about? ‘Fight [...] those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Do not fight the unarmed.’
    jihad
  • The date of the battle of Poitiers.
    732
  • The date when the Roman Empire fell.
    476
  • The first and only Frankish Emperor.
    Charlemagne
  • What is the following source about? ‘[...]. And eat and drink until the white thread of dawn becomes distinct to you from the black thread [of night].
    Ramadan, fasting of the Muslims
  • Which barbaric people fought the last battle against the Western Roman Empire?
    the Ostrogoths
  • The date of the Verdun Treaty.
    843
  • What are the five pillars of the Islam?
    monotheism, pilgrimage, prayer, fast, almsgiving
  • What is the following source about? “Preach the glory of your Lord before sunrise and sunset. And praise him in certain hours of the night, and at the two ends of the day.
    daily prayer, facing Mecca
  • The destination of Muhammad’s escape.
    Medina
  • The holy book of the Islam.
    Koran / Quran
  • What was the office of Charles the Martell?
    major domo
  • The date when Charlemagne was crowned.
    800
  • The event that marks the start of the Middle Ages.
    the fall of the Western Roman Empire
  • Which barbaric people started the Age of Migrations?
    the Huns
  • The followers of the Islamic faith.
    Muslims
  • Put the following events in the correct order: battle of Poitiers, the Arabs conquer the Iberian peninsula, formation of the Frankish Empire
    1. Arabs conquer the Iberian peninsula 2. battle of Poitiers 3. formation of the Frankish Empire
  • What is the difference between the mark and the county?
    The mark is the administrative unit near the borders, the county is in the internal areas.
  • What does jihad mean?
    holy struggle / holy war of the Muslims
  • The founder of Islam.
    Muhammad