Feudalism
Making up 90% of the population, these individuals were legally bound to the land and could not leave without permission.
Who are serfs?
This holy book of Islam.
What is the Quran?
This city served as the capital of the Byzantine Empire and was the greatest marketplace of the medieval world.
What is Constantinople?
At its peak, the Roman Empire was held together by a shared currency, a system of laws, and these ________ travel routes that connected the empire.
What are roads?
Who did the christians fight to regain the holy land?
Muslims?
This code of conduct required knights to be brave in battle, loyal to their lords, and protectors of the weak.
What is chivalry?
Name 3 of the 5 pillars of Islam.
What are: declaration of belief in one god, prayer five times daily, charity to the poor, fasting during Ramadan, and the hajj pilgrimage to Makkah
This emperor's most enduring achievement was the "Body of Civil Law," a unified legal system.
Who is Justinian?
A major internal weakness of Rome was its lack of a legal system for this process of passing power to a new leader.
What is succession?
This Pope put a call out for the crusades?
Pope Urban II
Feudalism emerged largely because the collapse of this meant rulers had to pay soldiers with land.
What is the money economy?
This holiest city in Islam is the birthplace of Muhammad.
What is Makkah (Mecca)?
The Crusades began after this group of Central Asian Muslims threatened the Byzantine.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
This Frankish ruler was crowned emperor in 800 AD, briefly reuniting much of Western Europe and reviving the idea of a Roman-style empire.
Who is Charlemagne?
How many successful crusades were there?
Only one, the first.
What is another name the middle ages is called
What are the Dark Ages or the Medieval Period?
This conflict was the cause of the Sunni and Shia split within Islam?
What is who should be chosen as the caliph or leader of islam ( a direct descendent or someone selected by consensus based on merit/ability)?
Constantinople was important because_____
It stood at the center of trade between the east and the west or between Asia and Europe.
These raiders from the north struck European villages creating a "desperate reality" that forced people to turn to local lords for protection and helped lead to the birth of feudalism.
Who are the Vikings?
Most Crusaders were from these two countries. (If you get one country I will give you half credit).
France and England
A person who swore loyalty to a lord in exchange for land and protection.
Who is a Vassal?
During this dynasty, the capital was moved to Baghdad, sparking a golden age of science and art.
What is the Abbasid dynasty?
The Byzantine Empire was formerly known as_______
What is the Eastern Roman Empire.
When the Western Roman government collapsed, this single institution survived and grew even stronger, eventually becoming the most stable and powerful force in medieval Europe.
What was the Christian Church?
The plague killed how many europeans (rough estimate as a fraction)?
What is 1/3 of the population?