Dates

Question 1

912 CE

Answer 1

Abd-ar-Rahman III becomes Caliph of Cordoba (Spain) and builds the grand palace Medina Azahara.

Question 2

722-1492 CE

Answer 2

The Reconqusta

Question 3

1517 CE

Answer 3

Martin Luther’s 100 Thesis

Question 4

300’s CE

Answer 4

Kingdom of Israel & Holy sites become part of the Byzantine Empire

Question 5

1914 CE

Answer 5

Ottoman Empire Falls; The Balkin Wars (Russia v. Ottomans)

Question 6

1980 CE

Answer 6

Emergence of Political Islam (taliban)

Question 7

610 CE

Answer 7

Muhammad’s encounter with Gabriel in the cave

Question 8

321 CE

Answer 8

Constantine declares Sunday the Sabbath

Question 9

634 CE

Answer 9

Arab Conquest of Damascus

Question 10

800 CE

Answer 10

Start of the Golden Age of Islam with the start of the Abbasid Caliphate (ie., Art, Science)

Question 11

1169 CE

Answer 11

Nur-al-Din (Fatimid) seizes Egypt; Saladin made Sultan of Egypt

Question 12

644 CE

Answer 12

Othman comes to power and is assassinated; Ali comes becomes Caliph

Question 13

720 CE

Answer 13

Caliph Umar II (Umayyad) prohibits Jews from praying on the Temple Mount

Question 14

973 CE

Answer 14

Capital of the Empire moved to Al-Qahira (Cairo)

Question 15

870 CE

Answer 15

Discent of the Holy Fire ritual is mentioned by a Pilgrim

Question 16

1009 CE

Answer 16

Hakim (Fatimid) destroys the Church of the Holy Sepulcher

Question 17

1048 CE

Answer 17

New Holy Sepulcher Church is re-built

Question 18

11th Century (Jerusalem)

Answer 18

The city becomes a popular pilgrimage site for all 3 monotheistic religions

Question 19

1054 CE

Answer 19

Great Schism between Orthodox (East) and Catholicism (Latin-West). Excommunication of each others

Question 20

711 CE

Answer 20

Muslim invasion of Spain

Question 21

937 CE

Answer 21

Crusaders celebrate Easter (Palm Sunday) in Jerusalem

Question 22

1492 CE

Answer 22

Moorish Spain falls (to the Catholic King & Queen of Spain)

Question 23

325 CE

Answer 23

Council of Nicaea

Question 24

570 CE

Answer 24

Muhammad is born

Question 25

632 CE

Answer 25

Muhammad's death

Question 26

1453 CE

Answer 26

Constantinople (Christian Capital) is conquered by the Ottoman's (Muslims). Same year the city and Sofia Hague Church becomes a Mosque

Question 27

325 CE

Answer 27

Bible is published (Council of Nicaea)

Question 28

691 CE

Answer 28

Done of the Rock is built by Abd al-Malik (Umayyad)

Question 29

679 CE

Answer 29

Abd al-Malik builds al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. (Silver top)

Question 30

70 CE

Answer 30

Roman troops destroy the 2nd Temple in Jerusalem and siege the city led by Titus

Question 31

312 CE

Answer 31

Constantine is baptized as a Christian

Question 32

410 CE

Answer 32

Sack of Rome (by the Visigoths)

Question 33

324 CE

Answer 33

Constantinople is founded (Byzantine Empire established)

Question 34

313 CE

Answer 34

Edict of Milan (Legalized Christianity in the Roman Empire)

Question 35

622 CE

Answer 35

Muhammad's exile begins; The Hijra (Muhammad's migration from Mecca to Medina); Year 1 on the Islamic calendar

Question 36

630 CE

Answer 36

Muhammad conquers Mecca

Question 37

1099 CE

Answer 37

Crusaders in Jerusalem; Christian Knights celebrate Easter in Holy Sepulcher Church (Crusades begin)