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the western roman empire had fallen this year.
what had happened in 476 ce?
this was the capital of the byzantine empire, controlling trade routes between europe and asia.
what is constantinople?
peasants who were legally bound to the manor and had worked for the land.
what were serfs?
the king that was forced by his nobles to sign the magna carta.
who is king john?
the 2 countries that fought against each other in the hundred years' war.
what were england and france?
the roman emperor that was removed from power by germanic general, odoacer.
who is romulus augustulus?
what happened in 800 ad?
the self-sufficient estate that formed the center of the feudal economy.
the superior being of the civilization that was also subject to the magna carta.
who is the king?
despite its name, the hundred years' war had actually lasted closer to this amount of years.
what had went on for 116 years?
the byzantine empire was the continuation of this half of the old roman empire.
what is the eastern half of the roman empire?
this phenomenon that would revive and impact art, education and learning was initiated by charlemagne.
what is the renaissance?
these were the 3 different groups (in order from highest to lowest) that made up the feudal hierarchy.
nobles, knights, and peasants.
the land the crusades had fought to take control over, especially jerusalem.
what is the holy land?
the 2 spanish monarchs who had completed the reconquista in 1492, and had also funded christopher columbus' voyage.
who were ferdinand and isabella?
the emperor that was known for creating a famous code of laws and for rebuilding the hagia sophia - a famous church in constantinople.
who is justinian?
this was the land exchanged for loyalty and military service in the feudal system.
what is a fief?
the code of honor expected from medieval knights that included loyalty, courage, and protecting the weak.
the muslim leader who recaptured jerusalem and later signed a truce with richard the lionheart.
who was saladin?
the species of animal with this type of infestation carried on ships that had most likely caused the black death.
what were rats with fleas?
the great schism had happened this specific year, splitting christianity into the roman catholic church and the eastern orthodox church.
what happened in 1054?
a person who'd received land from a lord in exchange for loyalty and service.
the magna carta was signed this year.
what had happened in 1215?
the centuries-long effort to reclaim the iberian peninsula from muslim rule.
what is the reconquista?
the black death had killed this range of the european population.
what was 1/3 to 1/2 of the european population impacted by?