The Hierarchy
The role of peasants
What are hunting, fishing, farming and making up most of the population (above the slaves and below merchants and artisans)?
Concenpts that the Muslims were more educated about
What is math and science (learning highly valued)?
The two monarchs of Spain who wanted the nation to unite (in Catholicism).
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
The emperor's role
What is "The Great Speaker", treated like a god, chief priest and army commander/strategist (top of the hierarchy)?
The type of empire Spain was (and Iberian Peninsula)
What is Al-Andalus or Islamic Spain for 500 years?
The beginning of the Spanish Inquisition
Wha is in 1478, the monarchs asked the Pope for a state-run system of courts where non-Catholics were put on trial?
The role merchants
What are richest calpolli, geographically intelligent, spies and brought goods back to the city (below the nobles)?
What Al-Andalus was known for
What is "convivencia" (coexistence) so that people of other religions can live peacefully?
How interrogators made suspects confess
What is using torture methods and machines such as the rack, pulley, waterboarding and parading suspect as a display of punishment?
The noble's role
What are wealthy scribes, priests, government officials and teachers; people can become nobles through military and religious services(below the emperor)?
The start of the Spanish Reconquista
What is in the early 1000s, the caliphate began to decline leading to disorder which divided the nation into different independent provinces?
The Spanish Inquisition Court system
What is heretics brought to court before the judge then assumed guilty and the person must convert to Catholicism or face punishments (exiled, tortured or killed)?
Role of artisans
What are crafters, clothing makers (high demand), feather workers (only nobles could wear feathers) and are the same authority with the merchants?
The Spanish Reconquista
What is a"reconquest" that begun for Christian kingdoms to fight back against other religions in the area which ended with the capture of the last Muslim land (Granada) in 1492 (full Christian nation)?
The believe of a "religious duty"
What is monarchs believed they had to convert as many people as they can which made this a major part of Spanish worldview (explorers bringing missionaries)?