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| medieval | relating to or belonging to the Middle Ages | ||||
| meritocracy | A system in which advancement is based on individual ability or achievement | ||||
| middle ages | he period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance. Around the 5th to 16th centuries. | ||||
| migration | he movement of persons from one country or locality to another | ||||
| monetary system | medium of exchange: anything that is generally accepted as a standard of value and a measure of wealth in a particular country or region | ||||
| mosque | a Muslim place of worship | ||||
| muslim | a person who practices the Islamic faith | ||||
| nation-state | a community organized under one government according to an idea of nationhood or nationality derived from, but not limited to, common ancestry, language, customs, religion, land ownership | ||||
| orthodox | adhering to the accepted or traditional and established faith, especially in religion | ||||
| patriarch | the male head of family or tribe | ||||
| patriachal | form of social organization in which the male is the family head and title is traced through the male line | ||||
| persecution | the systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group | ||||
| pilgrims | People who undertake a pilgrimage | ||||
| pilgrimage | a journey to a sacred place | ||||
| primogeniture | the right, by law or custom, of the first-born to inherit the entire estate | ||||
| roman catholic | Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarch | ||||
| schism | division of a group into opposing factions | ||||
| secluded | hidden, isolated, remote | ||||
| serfs | a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | ||||
| submissive | inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others | ||||
| subordinate | lower in rank or importance | ||||
| theocracy | the belief in government by divine guidance | ||||
| trans-continental | Crossing, spanning a continent | ||||
| tribute systems | system in which defeated people were forced to pay a tax in the form of goods and labor, a tribute | ||||
| urbanization | social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban | ||||
| vassals | A free man who held land (fief) from a lord to whom he paid homage and swore fealty |
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Created by:
cactusmills
on 2010-10-29