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Chapters 9, 10, and 11

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Topic
Definition
Iconoclast movement   against idols  
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Byzantine Empire   Eastern Roman Empire  
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Church of Hagia Sophia   Museum - was once a church & mosque - great arch from Byzantine Empire  
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Constantinople   Capital of Byzantine Empire  
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Justinian   Created the Justinian Code  
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Justinian Code   code of laws  
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Schism   split over icons. creates Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches  
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Ka 'bah   Islamic shrine in Mecca  
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Muhammad   Founder of Islam  
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Allah   God of Islam  
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Qu'ran   Holy book of Islam  
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5 Pillars of Islam   1. Alms poor 2. fast Ramadan 3. Confession faith Muham prophet Allah God 4. make hajj to Mecca 5. pray 5 times a day  
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Islam   Religion founded by Muhammad  
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Muslim   follwer of Islam  
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Caliph   Muslim leader has both religious and political power  
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Sunni   1/2 group after split in Islam over who should lead after Muhammad's death.  
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Shi'ah   1/2 group after split in Islam over who should lead after Muhammad's death.  
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Mamluks   Nomadic Asian Turks who fought in Muslim armies.  
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Islamic advances   science, math, & medicine  
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Abbasid Caliphate   Golden Age of Muslim civilization - capital in Baghdad.  
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Jihad   Holy war  
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Dome of the Rock   Famous mosque in Jerusalem where Muhammad is said to have ascended to Heaven.  
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Germanic Culture and origins   From Scandinavia, patriarchal, women some power, war-like.  
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Franks   Germanic people and strongest kingdom after the fall of Rome  
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Monasticism   Monks living in Monasteries  
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Clovis   King of Franks who converted to Cathlicism and allied with the church.  
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Donation of Pepin   Land taken by Pepin from Lombards and given to pope for Vatican City  
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Vikings   Barbarians from Scandinavia who raided Europe in their long boats. Target = monasteries.  
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Fief   land given to a vassal  
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Lord   gives land to vassal  
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Vassal   pledge military service for land  
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Feudal system   political system of land for political and military support.  
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Manorialism   Economic system - lord gives land to peasant (serf) for payment, work.  
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Battle of Hastings   William the Conqueror's battle against the English during the Norman Conquest  
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Norman Conquest   William the Conqueror's conquest of England  
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Domesday Book   Survey of all possession by William the Conqueror  
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Common Law   In England, laws common to all in the land.  
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Magna Carta   Limited the power of the king, signed by King John.  
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Parliament   Representative body of Britain  
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Estates General   France's representative government  
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College of Cardinals   select the pope.  
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Crusaders   with red cross on chest, fought Muslims in Holy Land  
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Crusades   Fight to re-take Holy Land. Only the 1st Crusade was sucessful.  
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Urban II   Called for the 1st and only successful Crusade  
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Heresy/heretic   person whose ideas go against the Catholic Church  
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Inquisition   Department of the church that investigated heresy  
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Richard the Lion Heart   King of England, fought 3rd Crusade, failed to take Jerusalem  
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Three-field system   farming improvement - plant 2/3 of field, 1/3 fallow  
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Chivalry   knights lived by this code to fight fair and protect women, children & clergy  
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Curriculum   course of study  
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Battle of Tours   Carles Martel stops Muslims in W. Europe  
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Charlemagne   Unified Franks & emphasized education during the early Middle Ages  
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Roman Catholic Church   unified people during Middle Ages  
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Excommunication   Put out of the Roman Catholic church  
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Henry II   established court system in England  
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Fredrick Barbarossa   feudal territories, try capture Italian cities, lost Battle Legano  
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Thomas Acquinas   argued both reason and faith can be used to solve moral question  
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Magna Carta   Limited the power of monarchy, no raise tax without nobles, follow law, etc.  
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Gothic Architecture   architecture of the Middle Ages with high ceilings, space, windows.  
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Catholic Church   unified people, gave strength during the Middle Ages  
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serf   peasant tied to land often for entire life.  
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flagellants   those that beat themselves with sticks & whips during the Black Death  
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Joan of Arc   French girl, inspired by God to lead the French over English 100 year war.  
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Orleans   Famous battle won by Joan of Arc in Hundred Year's War  
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War of the Roses   Civil War in England between Houses Lancaster/York over who will be king  
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Sovereign Power   absolute power  
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Great schism   split in church between France & Rome: 2 popes, one in each area  
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Black Death   cause and effect. By fleas from rats - killed 1/3 population Europe, 35 million Asia  
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Middle class   Revolted against nobles in Middle Ages and supported the king  
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Hundred Years War   Started by England's Edward II who claimed the French throne  
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Simony   buying and selling of church offices  
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Religions   Judaism, Christianity & Islam  
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Economics   study of goods and service production, money  
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Social history   how groups get together, rules of behavior, and look at families, religion, education, and factors of life.  
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