Chapter 15 True or False Self-Quiz

. The word "Islam" means "submission" and refers to submission to the will of Allah.

. Nestorianism taught that Jesus, while divine, was not actually God's son, and that there is no such thing as the Holy Trinity.

. Muhammad was lenient towards his defeated enemies in Mecca, establishing a spirit of tolerance that later became a hallmark of Muslim policy.

. Justinian commissioned the codification of all past Roman law known as the 'Corpus juris civilis.'

. The Emperor Theodosius II spent much of his reign under the influence of his sister, and was nicknamed "the Calligrapher" because he was more of a scholar than a soldier.

. The Byzantine Empire reached its greatest territorial extent under Constantine XI.

. The emperor Heraclius personally led the army that sailed into the Black Sea to launch a counteroffensive against the Persians.

. The Byzantine Empire held out until 1453, when the city of Constantinople fell to the Venetian Empire.

. The most important city in the central Hejaz was Yathrib, or Medina.

. Before Muhammad died, he put in place all of the fundamental unifying and organizational characteristics of Islam, and finished writing the Qu'ran.

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