Greece and Rome
This Politician, who championed the poor lower classes, was killed on the floor of the senate, starting a civil war
Who is Julius Caesar?
This man was the founder of the Muslim Religion
Who is Mohamed?
This political system centered around a person being offered land and authority from his Lord in exchange for loyalty and Service
What is Fuedalism
This Disease killed a large portion of the European Population, fundamentally rupturing social stability
What is Bubonic Plague, or Black Death?
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire remained for 1000 years and is generally referred to by this name by Historians
What is the Byzantine Empire?
These small little sovereign states, centered around a central urban area, were the main type of country in ancient Greece
What are city states?
The Great Schism of 1054 caused the Christian Church to split into which two groups which exist today
What are the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches?
The fall of the Roman empire caused this institution to become dominant in Western Medieval Europe
What is the Church?
Genghis Khan led these people to conquer large chunks of Asia
Who are the Mongols?
This is the name for the belief that there is only One God
What is Monotheism?
This Language became the Lingua Franca of the Western Roman Empire. If you don't know, then remember 'Si tacuisses, intelligēns mansisses'
What is Latin?
The Talmud and Mosaic law are cornerstones of what Religion
What is Rabbinic Judaism?
This Property is just the type. Having it gave one not just wealth, but political power. The Church had up to 20% of it in Western Europe
What is Land?
This trade route grew in importance under the Mongol empire, and was how the Black Death spread to Europe
What is the silk road?
Following the death of their spouses, siblings, and parents to the plague, this segment of the population began to acquire more political power out of necessity, and thus a higher status, in medieval society
Who are Women?
With no system to ensure a smooth transition of power, these armed conflicts within their borders plagued the Roman Empire and weakened it
What are Civil Wars?
Who are the Shia, or Shi'ites?
These minor members of the feudal nobility were trained from birth to fight as elite armored soldiers
What are Knights?
Due to shortage of workers in the fields, because of the plague, farmers began to produce more of this category of food, which still dominates our modern diet
What is meat?
This was the title for the leader of both the Islamic Religion and Government
The Caliph
This Greek Philosopher, student of Socrates, and playwright, believed the there existed an ideal version of every object in the world of ideas
Who is Plato?
What is the Council of Nicea?
From the year 1066 till the end of the 100 Years War, the Duke of Normandy, France, was also the King of what nation?
What is England?
The Mongol conquest of Russia ultimately led to what city becoming dominant?
What is Moscow?
The Flagellants were most active during this time period
What is the Black Death?