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Medieval Period
Term | Definition |
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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 |