Byzantine Empire
Name for the eastern portion of the Roman Empire after the Fall of Rome
What is the Byzantine Empire?
Holiest site of Islam
What is Mecca?
What did lords get in exchange for land with their vassals
What is military service?
One cause of the Crusades
What was religious fervor in Europe?
How was the plague spread?
What is spread by infected fleas?
Constantinople was a thriving city on a strategic trade route between these two continents
What are Europe and Asia
Trans-Saharan trade carried out by West African civilizations was primarily based on exchange of what commodities?
What is gold and salt?
Segment of society legally tied to land in medieval times
What are serfs?
A major goal of the Christian Church during the Crusades (1096-1291)
What is capture the Holy Land from Islamic rulers?
How did the Black Death affect religious minorities?
What is they were persecuted and often executed?
Byzantine legal system based on Roman law
What is Justinian's Code?
Contributions of the Golden Age of Muslim culture
What are mathematics, science, and medicine?
Effect of Crusades on European economy
What is greater interest in trade?
One long-term effect of the Crusades
What is the growth of trade and towns in western Europe?
An economic impact of Black Death
What is decline of manorial system?
Cathedral built by Justinian to continue the glory of Rome
What is the Hagia Sophia?
Which empires gained power by controlling trade of gold, ivory and salt across Sahara desert
What are Ghana, Mali, and Songhai?
Effect of the Crusades on Europe
What is Crusaders brought new foods and products back to Europe?
Economic consequence in western Europe of Crusades
What is thousands of serfs freed from feudal obligations
A political impact of the Black Death
What is concentration of power for monarchs?
One of the primary legacies of the Byzantine Empire
What is the preservation of Greek and Roman culture?
Achievement of rule of Mansa Musa
What is increase of Islam and Islamic culture?
Name one factor that contributed to the rise of the feudal system in western Europe
What is weakness of central governments?
Effect of Crusades and contact with Muslims on European culture
What is introduction of science, mathematics, education, medicine and language to western Europe?
A social impact of the Black Plague
What is end of "fixed identity" for people