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This devout king sold government offices to the highest bidder rather than "waste time" finding and appointing qualified individuals.
Who is King Richard the Lionheart?
The field where John Lackland signed away his and future kings' power.
What is Runnymede?
This system placed people in social classes which were hard to overcome, especially for those at the bottom. This kind of system was seen in Europe, India (caste) and Japan.
What is an indulgence?
This series of events when European Christians fought to deliver the sacred city of Jerusalem from the Muslims.
What is the Crusades?
This man claimed the angel Gabriel visited him in cave and gave him a vision of god.
Who is Muhammad?
This city was sacked by the Visigoths, the Vandals and the Ostrogoths, finally falling in 476 AD.
What is Rome?
This list of complaints split the church in two: Protestant & Catholic.
What is the 95 Theses?
The Japanese code of conduct for the samurai, similarly to the code of chivalry for European knights.
What is the bushido?
The name for the period in Korean history directly following their independence from Chinese rule. Though they ruled themselves, the Koreans were still heavily influenced by Chinese culture.
What is the Three Kingdom Period?
This Saint is said to have brought Christianity to Ireland.
Who is Saint Patrick?
This mosque located in Constantinople was once a Christian church.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
This document usurped power from the king and set the stage for democracy world-wide.
What is the Magna Carta?
The commonly spoken language of a people.
What is the vernacular?
As groups of men ruled following the death of Muhammad, this word refers to their time in power.
What is a caliphate?
The birth name of Genghis Khan.
What is Temujin?
This country is bordered by the Himalayan Mtns & Ganges River in the north.
What is India?
This project involved compiling, revising, updating and writing down all of the empire's laws... a first in the Roman Empire!
What is the Code of Justinian?
Groups of professionals organized themselves into these for the purpose of protecting the individual from unfair taxing and treatment by the rulers of the land.
What are guilds?
This tumultuous time period in Chinese history lasted only 53 years. The hallmark strategy during this time was taking power by force.
What is the Five Dynasties period?
This king decided he wanted to unite all the kingdoms near him in northern India.
Who is Chandragupta?
This port is believed to be ground zero for one of the worst epidemics to touch the earth.
What is the port of Messina?
What is iconoclasm?
This means "universal ruler."
What is Genghis Khan?
This name given to Jerome's translation of the Bible was the first translation which people could read on their own.
What is the Vulgate?