This city was the capitol of the Byzantine Empire.
What was Constantinople?
100
This man started Islam and is revered as a prophet by Muslims
Who was Muhammad?
100
This popular children's song is about the Black Death.
What is "Ring Around the Rosy?"
100
This emperor brought Europe together during the Middle Ages
Who was Charlemagne?
100
The Catholic Church first split for this reason
What was the use of icons?
200
This wife of Justinian I improved the lives of Byzantine women by helping to make laws that allowed parents to leave property to daughters as well as sons.
Who was Empress Theodora?
200
This is the holy city for Muslims.
What is Mecca?
200
This sanitary habit finally helped stop the spread of the Plague.
What is washing one's hands?
200
This is the name of the system of trading protection for loyalty
What is the feudal system?
200
In the early Church, the pope was both a spiritual leader and this kind of leader
What is a political leader?
300
This empire was as strong as the Byzantine Empire, before the Muslim empire took over
What was the Persian Empire?
300
This is the holy text for Muslims
What is the Qur'an?
300
The population of Europe decreased by a fourth due to this disease
What is the Bubonic Plague/Black Death?
300
This person was at the top of the feudal system
Who was the king?
300
This is the leader of the Catholic Church
Who is the pope?
400
Justinian I based his new code of laws on this previous empire's code of laws.
What was the Roman Empire?
400
The Muslim Empire split into several groups for this reason
What were arguments over who should rule the empire?
400
The Plague spread for this reason.
What is coming into contact with sick people/fleas/rats.
400
This document forced everyone, including the king, to follow the same laws.
What is the Magna Carta?
400
This pope crowned Charlemagne emperor
Who was Pope Leo III?
500
Justinian I practiced this religion.
What is Christianity?
500
The Crusades were started for this reason
What was to regain the Holy Land from the Muslims?
500
This group was blamed for the spread of the Plague
What is the Catholic Church?
500
This disease wiped out a fourth of Europe during the Middle Ages