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Early Eur-Afrca-Asia
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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feudalism | a system of rule by lords who ruled their own lands but owed loyalty and military service to a monarch |
manor | an area ruled by a lord, including the lord's castle and lands around it |
Crusades | between 100 and 1300, the series of wars fought by Christians to control Palestine (The Holy Land) |
astrolabe | a navigational instrument used to determine latitude, or location north or south of Earth's equator |
Silk Road | a network of over land trade routes linking China to the Middle East |
caravan | a group of people who travel together for safety |
kinship | a relationship between people who share a common ancestor, or a system of classifying such relationships |
Renaissance | the burst of learning in Europe from the late 1300s to the 1600s |
decline | to draw to a close |
innovation | a new method or idea |