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Battle of marathon Athenian side had about
Who is the "Father of English History" and what important contribution did he make with regard to the calendar?
When did the Church finally implement the Sacrament of Penance in the form recognized today?
Who is known as the "Apostle of Ireland," and what is his background?
What was the most important episcopal see in England?
The monastery of which city became the most important in all of Germany?
What German city was made an archdiocese specifically for the formation of missionaries for the Slavs?
11. What title did Pope St. Gregory I use during his papacy, and what title did he reject for the Patriarch of Constantinople?
Which of the following did not raid Western Europe in the tenth century?
In his biography of Charlemagne, what attitude does Einhard show towards the religion of the Saxons?
The chronicle sources of the ninth century CE (i.e., the 800s CE) say that Norsemen attacked the rest of Europe
Which of the following is not true of the Frankish Major Domo Charles Martel (r. 715-741)?
The Five Pillars of Islam are the shahada, the profession of God's oneness, salat, or prayer facing Mecca five times daily, zakat, that is giving money to support the Muslim community, sawn, fasting from all food and drink from dawn to dusk in the month of Ramadan, and
In 25 December 800, Pope Leo III declared Charlemagne to be
Over the course of the fifth century (i.e., the 500s), the Germanic peoples who had taken over the territories that had once been the Western Roman Empire
Why does Napoléon Bonaparte send troops to Haiti, known as Saint-Domingue in 1801?
How does the Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1793 differ from the Declaration of the Rights of Man of 1791?
John Wesley founded the Methodist Church
Origin of the Atlantic Slave Trade, 1642-1807 Slave ships from over fifty coastal cities throughout Europe transported hundreds of thousands of slaves from Africa to the Americas, thoroughly transforming the fortunes of some of their ports of origin, such as Lisbon, Bordeaux, La Rochelle, Nantes, Texel, and above all,...
Rousseau publishes 'The Social Contract and Emile