Byzantines
Founder of the Byzantine Empire.
Who is Constantine I?
Original ethnic tribes people of early Russia.
Who are the Slavs?
Former Roman province that was home to the Franks.
What is Gaul?
Land granted by a lord to a person.
What is a fief?
The approximate start and end of the Middle Ages. (Years)
What is 500 C.E. - 1500 C.E.?
Capital of the Byzantine Empire.
What is Constantinople?
Nordic people who settled with the Slavs.
Who are the Vikings? or Rus or Varangians?
Leader of Franks who converts to Christianity and unites the Franks.
Who is Clovis?
Person who received a fief from a lord.
What is a vassal?
Events that mark the start and end of the Middle Ages.
What is the fall of the Roman Empire and conquest of Constantinople or beginning of Renaissance?
Approximate number of years the Byzantine Empire existed.
What is 1,100?
Principality (city/state) that becomes home to Russia's first leaders.
What is Kiev?
Event that made Charles Martel "The Hammer" famous.
What is he defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours.
Mounted horsemen who served a vassal.
What is a knight?
A complex set of ideals that a knight fight bravely in defense of his lord, Lord, and lady.
What is chivalry?
Famous Byzantine Emperor who created a single, uniform code of law that bears his name.
Who is Justinian?
Religion adopted by Grand Prince Vladimir that becomes the primary religion of Russia.
What is Eastern Orthodox?
Was given the title of "Roman Emperor" by Pope Leo III and expanded the Frankish kingdom to its greatest extent.
Who is Charlemagne?
Peasants tied to the place they were born.
What is serf?
A pandemic that kills 20 - 30% of the population in Europe.
What is the Bubonic Plague or Black Death?
Year in which Byzantine Empire was conquered by the Ottomans.
What is 1453?
Invaders who control Russia from the 1200's to 1400's.
Who are the Mongols?
What is the dynasty that Charlemagne's father Pepin starts and his grandsons destroy?
What is the Carolingian Dynasty?
Definition of feudalism.
What is a political and economic system based on land ownership and personal loyalty?
A reason the Middle Ages was also called the Dark Ages.
What is a lack of literature and learning?