Ancient Rome
(DBL Score) This began with the fall of Rome.
What are the Dark Ages?
The medieval European system where landowners gave land to vassals in exchange for military service.
What is Feudalism?
(Triple Score) Anything having to do with the Middle Ages.
What is Medieval?
(DBL Score) Norsemen, Northmen, Vikings from Scandinavia living in northern France.
What are Normans?
These Holy Wars began at the end of the Viking era in 1096 A.D. when the Pope sponsored military pilgrimages to the Holy Land.
What are The Crusades?
A woman trained to fight to the death for sport.
What is a gladiatrix?
Vassals that paid their Lord with military service.
What are knights?
Some lords lived in these and knights had to defend them.
What are castles?
(DBL Score) The Vikings preferred these in battle.
What are battle axes?
The period of time since written records.
What is history?
A man trained to fight to the death for sport.
What is a gladiator?
(DBL Score) The land given to a vassal in return for military service or payment.
What is a fief?
(DBL Score) The estate belonging to the Lord that included all of his land doled out to vassals.
What is a manor?
The Vikings raided this at Lindisfarne.
What is a monastery?
(DBL Score) The Crusade won by the Muslims though the Christians retained control of Jerusalem.
What is the 2nd Crusade?
A commander of a Century in the ancient Roman army.
What is a centurion?
(DBL Score) Medieval peasants.
What are serfs?
Another name for a monarch.
What is a king?
(DBL Score) The location of the first recorded Viking raid in England.
Where is Lindisfarne?
(DBL Score) The Crusade won by the Muslims who took back control of Jerusalem yet allowed Christians to travel there for pilgrimages and trade there.
What is the 3rd Crusade?
(DBL Score) The time after the fall of Rome was marked by frequent Warfare and a decline of this.
What is urban living?
A Lord or Barron provided land for them.
What are vassals?
Fiefs were often passed down from generation to generation making them this.
What is hereditary?
(DBL Score) These were the key to Viking raiding success.
What are Longships?
The Crusade won by the Christians.
What is the 1st Crusade?