Islam
The holy book revealed by God to Muhammad
What is the Qur'an?
Society of Jesus founded by Ignatius of Loyola
Who are the Jesuits?
The Vikings associated with Russia
Who were the Rus?
The bacterium responsible for plague
What is Yersinia pestis?
Kingdom of Jerusalem, County of Edessa, County of Tripoli, Principality of Antioch
What are the Crusader States?
The ruling tribe of Mecca
Who was the Quraysh?
Heretic whose bones were exhumed and burnt for preaching against papal authority and translating the Bible into English.
Who is John Wycliffe?
What is Ragnarök?
A devastating event that occurred a generation before the Black Death, which may have resulted in a weakened society
What is the Famine of 1315?
Pope Urban II called the First Crusade to fight these Muslims
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
Groups included as "people of the book" in Islamic lands
Who are the Jews and Christians?
Ritual murder accusations made against the Jews in great number in the late Middle Ages and Early modern periods
What is the blood libel?
The area of England partitioned off in an alliance between the Anglo-Saxons and the Vikings
What was the Danelaw?
Rodents responsible for early transmission of plague along Mongol routes
What are marmots?
Brilliant military strategist, absentee king of England, and terrible poet
Who is Richard the Lionheart?
A house of Allah traditionally believed to be built by Adam and rebuilt by Abraham
What is the Ka'bah?
"Cut off their ears, hands, and noses"
Who is Gaspar Correia?
The Viking responsible for the creation of Normandy and its settlement through an alliance with the king of West Francia
"Remember that you must die"
What is Memento mori?
The targeted group of the Albigensian Crusade
Who are the Cathars?
The 5 Pillars of Islam
What are the profession of faith, daily prayer, almsgiving, fasting during Ramadan, and pilgrimage?
A Spanish and Nahuatl text detailing the conquest of the Aztecs
What is the Florentine Codex?
The most in-tact example of a Viking burial, filled with grave goods for two women
The "Maid of Orleans" who helps France during the Hundred Years' War against England
Who is Joan of Arc?
This event, and the subsequent capture of Jerusalem, led to the Third Crusade
What is the Battle of Hattin?