Byzantine Empire
This emperor is famous for creating a uniform code of laws that influenced modern legal systems
Who is Justinian?
This social system structured medieval European society into lords, vassals, and serfs.
What is feudalism?
The Black Death was another name for this deadly pandemic.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
This time period for a nation emphasized wealth, increased trade, and increase of technology.
What is a golden age?
This leader united the Mongol tribes in 1206.
Who is Genghis Khan?
This city was the capital of the Byzantine Empire
What is Constantinople?
This series of religious wars aimed to reclaim the Holy Land from Muslim control.
What are the Crusades?
The disease spread largely through fleas living on these animals.
What are rats?
This dynasty focused on trading with countries in along the eastern sea like Japan and Korea.
What is the Song Dynasty?
The Mongols used this main fighting style
What is horseback archery?
This language gradually replaced Latin as the main language of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Greek?
This document signed in 1215 limited the power of the English king.
What is the Magna Carta?
This group was unfairly blamed and persecuted during the plague.
Who are Jewish communities?
This invention from the Tang/Song period made books cheaper and more widely available.
What is a movable type?
Kublai Khan founded this dynasty in China.
What is the Yuan Dynasty?
This legal code organized Roman laws and influenced later European legal systems.
What is Justinian’s Code?
This Crusade all hell let loose which led to Christians attacking Christians.
What is the 4th Crusade?
During the Black Death, many people believed this medical practice of draining blood from the body would cure the disease.
What is leeching/bloodletting?
This Dynasty emphasized expansion and power which led to their downfall.
What is the Tang Dynasty?
This Venetian traveler described Kublai Khan’s court in his writings.
Who is Marco Polo?
This major religious split in 1054 divided Christianity into Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox branches.
What is the Great Schism?
This Frankish king was crowned “Emperor of the Romans” by Pope Leo III in 800 CE, symbolizing the revival of the Western Roman Empire.
Who is Charlemagne?
One major long-term economic effect of the plague was the weakening of this social system.
What is feudalism?
This philosophy blended Confucianism with elements of Buddhism and Daoism.
What is Neo-Confucianism?
This term describes the period of peace and stability across Mongol-controlled lands.
What is Pax Mongolica?