Vikings
The end of the world according to Norse chroniclers.
What is Ragnarok?
The day, month, and year of Charlemagne's coronation as "Emperor of the Romans."
December 25th, 800 AD
The conflict between the Church and State regarding the appointment of clergy.
What was the Investiture Controversy?
The three holy cities of Islam.
What are Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem?
The capital of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
The Vikings region of origin.
What is Scandinavia?
The system of government built around the relationship between lords and vassals, codified by the Franks.
What was Feudalism?
The council called by Pope Innocent III to reaffirm Catholic doctrine.
Mohammed's flight from Mecca to Medina
What is the Hijra?
The two main chariot race teams of Constantinople.
What were the Blues and the Greens?
The primary target of vikings due to their immense wealth and minimum defenses.
What were monasteries?
The first king of the Franks to convert to Catholicism and unite the Franks under a single crown.
Whos was Clovis I?
Who were the Waldensians?
The supreme political and religious leader of Islam.
What is the Caliph?
The Roman law code that was reformed by Emperor Justinian.
What was the Corpus Juris Civilis?
The region of France given to the Viking Rollo the Walker.
What is Normandy?
The people conquered by Pepin the Short in exchange for Papal assistance.
Who were the Lombards?
Which faction of the Holy Roman Empire supported the Papacy?
Who were the Guelfs?
The name given to Spain by the Muslims after their conquest.
What was Al-Andulus?
The weapon used by the Byzantines to halt Arab Muslim expansion.
What was Greek Fire?
The Norse god that the Romans associated with Hermes.
Who is Odin?
The studies of philosophy, history, theology and literature revived under the rule of Charlemagne.
What were the Liberal Arts?
A personal relationship with the divine.
What is mysticism?
The "people of the book" in Arabic.
What are Dhimmis?
The wife of Emperor Justinian.
Who was Theodora?