History Cards and "El Cid"

Read Lesson 54 about the Spanish hero, El Cid!

Write the following history cards in review of these lessons:

St. Simon and the Coptic Orthodox Church       (50)
                          979

The Coptic Church in Alexandria, Egypt, combined the Greek alphabet with Egyptian words and symbols.  These Christians were largely overrun by Arab Muslims, yet a minority maintained their faith.  In 979, an Islamic King witnessed the power of God through the prayers of the Coptics and the humility and faith of a poor shoemaker named Simon.  They trusted God to move a mountain to prove to the Jews and the King that God was real.  As a result, the Muslim King gave praise to God and ordered Christian persecution to cease and personally oversaw the building of a Christian church at the mountain.

Eric the Red and the Settlement of Greenland      (51)
                           985

Eric the Red, from Norway, forced to leave Iceland for a double murder, explored and then settled in "Greenland" in 985 AD, which he named such in order to attract others.  Although the middle of the island is permafrost and subject to moving glaciers, the settlers survived over 400 years.  We learn of their history from the historical poetry, or sagas, they wrote which were preserved.