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Medieval Period
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Manorialism | a self sufficient society in which everyone lived on a manor |
| Feudalism | a system in which serfs traded labor for protection |
| Vassal | Lesser Lords |
| Serf | peasants/workers |
| Fief | all of the Lords land |
| Charlemagne | King that spread christianity and created the first organized empire |
| Mansa Musa | African king who was the richest man in the world and spread Islam across africa and some parts of Asia. |
| Ibn Sina | Muslim scholar that made great contributions to medicine |
| Islam | Middle eastern monotheistic religion that descended from Judaism and Christianity |
| Mohammed | The first prophet who also wrote the quran |
| Judaism | One of the first monotheistic religions |
| Quran | Sacred text of Islam |
| Torah | Sacred text of Judaism |
| Bible | Sacred text of Christianity |
| Christianity | monotheistic religion that descended from Judaism |