Byzantine Empire
Emporer who codified Roman law and reconqured territory that once belonged to the Roman Empire
Justinian
Trade route from Asia to the Mediterranean.
Silk Road
Civilization located in the Andes Mountains.
Inca
Series of holy wars fought over the city of Jerusalem.
The Crusades
Definition of the term "renaissance"
Rebirth
Domed church in Constantinople built by Justinian that later became a mosque and is now a museum in Istanbul.
Hagia Sophia
Trade routes that crossed Northern Africa.
Trans-Saharan
Civilization located on the Yucatan Penninsula.
Maya
Spread from Asia to Europe killing millions of people.
Black (Bubonic) Plague
Invention helped spread ideas efficiently.
Printing press
Former name of Constantinople. Gives the Byzantine Empire its name.
Byzantium
African kingdom located in the Ethiopian Highlands that converted to Christianity.
Axum
Inca
Joan of Arc
To become less religious.
Secularize
Sect of Christianity that is led by the Patriarch, (was) centered in Constantinople and spoke Greek.
Greek Orthodox
Ghana, Mali and Songhai
Civilization whose capital was Tenochtitlan and was located in central Mexico.
Aztec
Type of society that developed to provide protection from Germanic invasions during the early Middle Ages.
Venice, Genoa and Florence
Sect of Christianity that is led by the Pope, centered in Rome and speaks Latin.
Two most important goods to the Trans-Sarahan trade.
Gold and salt
Two of the three contributions of the Latin American civilizations
Calendars, writing/record keeping and mathematics.
Charlemagne
Church term for lending money with an unreasonably high interest rate.
usury