Fall of Roman Empire
The size of the land and epidemics.
What is the reason that Rome fell?
Type of Racing that was popular in Constantinople
What is Chariot Racing?
Who was Constantine?
The poor people, AKA peasants, did not own land.
Who were the serfs?
The period of history when the Germanic tribes were moving around Europe.
What is the Migration Period?
People who were not Roman Citizens.
Who were the Barbarians?
Almost caused Justinian to flee Constantinople.
What were the Nika Riots?
The leader who took care of God's people. AKA as father.
Who is the pope?
This was the piece of land granted by a lord in exchange for loyalty.
What is a fief?
Old English or Anglo-Saxon
What was the language of the Angles and the Saxons?
This part of the Roman Empire was not taken over by Barbarians.
What is the Eastern Roman Empire?
Constantinople is now called this.
What is Turkey?
Although there was technically one church, these were the two churches who began to have division.
What are the Eastern & Western churches?
Titles to landowner's friends and people they trusted put them in this class.
What were the nobles?
The religion of the Anglo-Saxons
What is paganism?
One of the most powerful Byzantine emperors was not born into a royal family.
Who was Justinian?
Beautiful palaces, schools and churches
What was the architecture like in Constantinople?
This is the other source of power and leadership during the time, aside from the church.
What are the landowners?
If they worked hard and were well-liked, they could promote or move up a station.
Who were the Knights?
What is Beowulf?
Laws were ordered to be written down.
What was the Code of Justinian?
The most prestigious church was now what after the fall of the Byzantine Empire.
What is the city's chief mosque?
They did not recognize the pope as the leader of the Christian Church
What was the Eastern Church?
This code of conduct guided knights, emphasizing loyalty, honor, and the protection of the weak.
What is chivalry?
An Italian missionary who was the leader to bring Christianity to the Barbarians.
Who is Augustine of Canterbury?