This man was the final prophet meant to get followers back on the right path.
Who is Muhammad?
100
This is the type of government that is found in the Islamic Empires.
What is "theocracy"?
100
This is the name of the events that started as a series of pilgrimages to the Holy Land, but eventually will become all out war on non-Christians.
What are The Crusades?
100
This person was leader of an English Crusade that lasted the "lion share" of their life; during their reign we see the legend of Robin Hood come to life.
Who is Richard I (the Lionhearted)?
100
This is the name of the code of ethics that knights must live by.
What is "chivalry"?
200
This is the set of daily rules that regulate how Islamic believers should live.
What is "shari'ah"?
200
This is one of the accepted causes for the reasons that Islam spread so quickly throughout the world.
What is "it spread through trade"?
Or
What is "it spread through conquering empires"?
200
This major city of the Middle East was conquered, sacked, and reclaimed multiple times by Christians and Muslims alike.
What is Jerusalem?
200
This person had a son who was "Lionhearted" and devoted a great deal of time and resources to leading women along the pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Who is Eleanor of Aquitaine?
200
This is the agreement between those that have land and those that don't, that provides protection and food for everyone.
What is the "feudal contract"?
300
These are a handful of general steps that believers of Islam must do in their lifetime.
What is "The Five Pillars of Islam"?
300
This is the name given to the first 4 political leaders of Islam. They are seen as the "glory days" of Islam for some believers.
What is "The Rightly Guided Caliphs"?
300
This is the group of people who were threatening the Byzantine Empire, eventually leading to the Crusades.
Who are the Seljuk Turks?
300
This person was the military leader of the Islamic forces that regain what is now the capital of Israel.
Who is Saladin?
300
This is the name of the person who is given land that they pay for in either military service or food production.
What is "vassal" (or vassalage)?
400
This is the Islamic faith that believes that the leadership of the faith should be descended from the final prophet.
What is Shiite Muslim?
400
This is one of the first far reaching Islamic empires, whose capital was in Baghdad and included most of North Africa.
What is the Abbasid Caliphate?
400
The interaction between Europeans and Arabs will share Greco-Roman ideas that will spark this time period of increased learning and culture in Europe.
What is the Renaissance?
400
This man was a European Jew who wrote in great length about the Talmud, but was persecuted during the Crusades so much that his entire family was massacred by Christians.
Who is Eleazar ben Judah?
400
This is the name of the document written by Justinian that is an enormous collection of Roman laws.
What is "The Body of Civil Law"?
500
This is the time of year when Muslim's must fast during the day for an entire lunar month.
What is Ramadan?
500
This was the farthest reaching Islamic empire, including what is now Spain and Portugal, and whose capital was in Damascus.
What is the Umayyad Caliphate?
500
These are the three major cities that will be destroyed in the European Crusades. (must have all three to be correct)
What is Damascus, Jerusalem, and Constantinople?
500
This person was the emperor of the Byzantine empire who wrote to Pope Urban II asking for military support against the threat of the Seljuk Turks, thus starting the Crusades.
Who is Alexius I (Comnena)?
500
This person was responsible for establishing the rules and responsibilities of monks and monasteries.