COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

COMPARATIVE QUESTIONS

Document Links:

Document 8-1: Qur’an, Suras 1, 53, 98

Document 8-2: Islamic Terms of Peace

Document 8-3: The Life of St. Theodore of Sykeon

Document 8-4: The Life of Lady Balthild, Queen of the Franks

Document 8-5: Pope Gregory the Great, Letters

  1. Based on these documents, in what ways did the Muslim, Byzantine, and western European worlds both perpetuate and diverge from the legacy of Rome?

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    Based on these documents, in what ways did the Muslim, Byzantine, and western European worlds both perpetuate and diverge from the legacy of Rome?
  2. What do these documents suggest about the relationship between religious beliefs and politics in both Christian and Islamic cultures during this period?

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    What do these documents suggest about the relationship between religious beliefs and politics in both Christian and Islamic cultures during this period?
  3. In his letter to Mellitus, Gregory I recommends adapting Christian practices to local customs. How did this strategy differ from the Muslims’ approach to other traditions?

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    In his letter to Mellitus, Gregory I recommends adapting Christian practices to local customs. How did this strategy differ from the Muslims’ approach to other traditions?
  4. What similarities and differences do you see in the religious beliefs and principles enunciated in suras 1, 53, and 98 of the Qur’an, the Life of St. Theodore, and the Life of Lady Balthild?

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    What similarities and differences do you see in the religious beliefs and principles enunciated in suras 1, 53, and 98 of the Qur’an, the Life of St. Theodore, and the Life of Lady Balthild?