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corkyiscool3328 · **on:** Jul 4, 2018

The monasteries of the Merovingian era were modeled on a monastery founded in 529 near Rome by Benedict of Nursia (ca.480545) and

a. Spread throughout Europe from the Mediterranean.
b. Were not important in spreading Christianity among the Germanic tribes.
c. Were usually destroyed by war-bands who mistrusted Christianity and the monks.
d. Were primarily interested in acquiring land.
e. Consisted of poorly trained and illiterate Merovingian monks.

Question 2

Who or what was known as sharia?

a. The sultan's oldest son
b. The obligation of merchants and traders to pay a tax
c. The pilgrimage to Mecca
d. The court of the sultan
e. Islamic law