Justinian
The riots that broke out in Constantinople after Justinian sentenced the leaders of the demes to death
Nika Riots
The lowest class of people in society. They worked on land owned by nobles and had very little freedom.
Serfs
Who is Muhammad?
The prophet who founded Islam
Who crowned Charlemagne Emperor?
Pope
The Vikings used ____________ as letters to carve into stones or woods.
Runes
The central church in Constantinople built by Justinian after the Nika Riots.
Hagia Sophia
The main branch of Christianity in Rome and the type of Christianity that Clovis converted to.
Catholicism
A large stone building that is the center of Islam worship.
Kaaba
A type of education developed by Cassiodorus because he believed monks needed a well-rounded education to understand the Bible.
Liberal Arts
The first ever King of the English
King Alfred the Great
The capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Constantinople
A group of tribes that rose to power in modern-day Belgium and northern France following the fall of the Roman Empire.
Franks
What is Hajj?
**Double**
The pilgrimage to Mecca
Charlemagne or Charles the Great
An island in the North Atlantic discovered by Viking explorers. Many Vikings began settling here, which helped to end the Viking Age.
Iceland
A type of government where the king owns all the land and gives some of his lands to the nobility in exchange for loyalty.
Feudalism
The capital of the Frankish Kingdom
Paris
Where was Muhammad when he had the first revelation?
At a mountain (near a cave) praying/meditating
A scholar who worked for Charlemagne who created lower case letters, a clearer script, punctuation, and spaces between words.
Alcuin of York
A large Viking force, the Great Heathen Army, invaded what country in 866?
England
The new law code passed during Justinian’s reign which strongly influenced modern laws.
Corpus Juris Civilis
The king who united the Franks. He also converted to Catholic Christianity.
King Clovis I
What are the five pillars of Islam?
Faith, Prayer, Fasting, Charity, Pilgrimage
A period of intense learning and innovation during Charlemagne’s reign.
Carolingian Renaissance
Who helped stop the Viking raids in exchange for Normandy and the title of Duke?
A Viking, Rolf