Stuff I dont know for exam

Caligula

Crazy emperor who made his horse senate

Trajan

Would not persecute anyone who denied being Christian

Tiberius

Emperor during Jesus’ crucifixion, ressurection, and ascension

Nero

Emperor during the Great Fire of Rome in 64 AD. He is also known for blaming Christians

Marcus Aurelius

Philosopher king, hated Christians

Diocletian

Began the most severe persecution of christians

Domitian

Emperor who demanded to be worshiped as a god and exiled apostle john to island of patmos

5 pillars of Islam

Shahada,Salah,Zakat,Sawn,Hajj

Definition of Salah

Salah(prayer, praying 5 times a day, facing the Kaaba in Mecca)

What does Shahada mean

Saying and believing that there is no god but allah

What does Zakat mean

Giving to the poor and needy. Sharing 2.5% of your profit

What does Sawm mean

Fasting during ramadan, the nineth month of the lunar calendar. Fast from morning to night

what does haaj mean

If people are healthy and have enough money, they visit mecca in Saudi Arabia once in their lives. People walk around the kaaba and pray with others

Who is exempted from Ramadan?

Pregnant ladies, old people, women on their period, sick people

What empire did; King nebuchadneazzr become like an animal because of his pride

Babylonian empire

What empire fell in 612 B.C?

Assyrian Empire

What empire did; the royal empire greatly benefit from?

The Persian empire

What empire had Nineveh as the capital

Assyrian Empire

What empire greatly benefited from the royal road

Persian Empire

What empire did; by the kings orders, the Jews were allowed to return to Judah?

Persian Empire

What empire was known for cruelty, violence and pride

Assyrian Empire

What empire did; Daniel interpret the king’s troubling dreams

Babylonian Empire

What empire fell in 330 B.C

Persian Empire

What empire did Belchazzar see a heavenly hand on the wall

Babylonian Empire

what empire did the king build a magnificent capital city with temples, a palace, and a beautiful garden

Babylonian empire

The southern kingdom of JUDAH was conqured by this empire

Babylonian Empire

The NORTHERN KINGDOM of ISRAEL was conqured by this empire

Assyrian Empire

This empire fell in 539 B.C

Babylonian Empire

This empire never had a long lasting leadership

Assyrian Empire

Who was the god of the caanaties

Baal

What is the proccess of mumification

They remove organs and put in jar, then the body up in spice and salts it to remove moisture, stuff it and wrap the body in linens, Decorated bodies w/ Jewels, put in sarcophagus, and put it in pyramid

Why is mummification done

For preservation for afterlife

What is the most popular muslim group?

Sunhi

What are the two muslim groups?

Sunhi, shia

What is the difference between sunhi and shia?

Sunhi; believed that muhammeds father in law was successor
Shia: believed muhammeds son inlaw was rightfully elected