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Foy WH Ch. 11 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| currency | money |
| Pax Romana | Roman Peace; a period of general peace and prosperity in the Roman Empire that lasted from 27 BC to 180 AD |
| aqueduct | a human-made raised channel that carries water from distant places |
| Romance languages | languages that developed from Latin, such as Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian |
| civil law | a legal system based on a written code of laws |
| Christianity | a religion based on the teachings of Jesus of Nazareth that developed in Judea at the beginning of the first century AD |
| crucifixion | a type of execution in which a person was nailed to a cross |
| Resurrection | in Christianity, Jesus's rise from the dead |
| corruption | a decay of people's values |
| Byzantine Empire | the society that developed in the eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the western Roman Empire |