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Middle Ages history

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Moat   A ditch filled with water that surrounds the castle  
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Siege   An attack of a castle  
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Tower   structure protects castle, above castle  
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Turrett   smaller towers on top of tower  
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Arrow Loop   hole, window to shoot through  
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Draw Bridge   bridge that lifts up, ditch  
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Portcullis   gate with pointy spikes on grid to smash down, shoot through holes, protects gate  
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Gate House   structure that protects the gate  
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Embrasure   tooth design on top of portcullis  
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Dungeon   a prison cell underground of castle  
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Keep   the place that the lord and his family stayed, safest part in the castle  
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Great Hall   main room of a castle  
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Curtain Walls   Walls in-between towers  
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Murder Hole   hidden hole to drop stuff from above  
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Garderobe   toilet  
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Cesspit   the place the disposal went(sewage)  
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Bailey   the place where blacksmith and warriors stayed, where warriors practiced, next to motte  
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Mtte and bailey   considered the first defense  
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Hording   wall protects from anything, made from greenwood  
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Vassal   the lord gives you a place to stay and food, and you and your family until in-exinstsint have to give him service  
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Men at arms   soldier,class below a knight, for every 1 knight 10 men at arms  
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stages of becoming a knight   @ 5 years lived with knight gave him a hard time prepare him, @ 5 years always armed, 5-14 page boy, 14-19 squire (servant for knight), 20+ knight  
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Level of Royalty(Men)   (Royal Lords) King, Prince Royal, Prince, Duke (Lords) Earl, Count, Viscount, Baron Knight  
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Level of Royalty(Women)   (Royal Lords) Queen, Princess Royal, Princess, Duchess (Lords) Countess, Countess, Viscountess, Baroness  
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Why Rome fell(4 reasons)   Empires split into two, Eastern and Western, lack of gold and silver, way to replace leader was to kill everybody in front of you, inflation money raised  
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Pax Romana   180 years with no war  
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Waddle and Daub   houses made out of weaved tree limbs and mushed animal waste  
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Yin and Yang   everything =  
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Silk Road   trading route, ideas and items passed, China to Europe  
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Samurai   Japaneese warrior  
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Bushido   The way of the warrior, honesty code  
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Kami   Shintu Kami was the religion of the Samurai  
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Sepuko   traditional suiscide with the Katana sword  
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shield with lightning bolt   red and black, strenght and wisdom  
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star sign    
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