This church saw the patriarch, not the pope, as the true head of the Christian Church
What is Eastern Orthodoxy
100
This man received a revelation of the word of God from the angel Gabriel
Who is Muhammad
100
This document put limits on the king's power and gave authority to parliament after King John was too harsh and demanding on his barons
What is Magna Carta
100
This man united the Mongols and led them to establish the Mongol Empire
Who is Genghis Khan
100
These kinds of people were not 'free', they were tied to the land, but they could not be bought & sold
What is a serf
200
This city was a key trading post on the straits between the Black Sea and Mediterranean Sea. It was also a crossroads for trade between Europe & Asia
What is Constantinople
200
Europeans became exposed to new products & ideas from Asia after these wars
What are the Crusades
200
political system based on loyalty in which kings give fiefs to lords, lords hire knights, and peasants work the land
What is feudalism
200
This European man wrote about his travels to the Mongol Empire and consequently increased interest in trade with Asia.
Who is Marco Polo
200
This man (like Urban II, Francis, John Paul II, Gregory I) is head of the Roman Catholic Church
Who is the pope
300
This law code organized old Roman law and served as a model for later western legal systems
What is Justinian's Code
300
This is the shahada or Islamic Confession of Faith.
What is "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is his prophet."
300
economic system in which large estates made up of a manor house, cottages, a church, and other buildings that met all the needs of the occupants, farmers serve landowners in exchange for protection.
What is manorialism
300
This man was a Mongol leader who established an empire in China
Who is Kublai Khan
300
Frankish king, first Holy Roman Emperor
Who is Charlemagne
400
This split in Christianity occurred in 1054 and resulted in two branches of Christianity
What is the Great Schism
400
A disagreement over choosing Muhammad's successor led to the split between these two group within Islam
What is Sunni & Shi'ite
400
Over reliance on foreign troops led to the fall of this empire which resulted in illiteracy, abandoned cities, lack of knowledge, frequent warfare, and the establishment of barbarian kingdoms
What is the Roman Empire
400
This technology made it possible for the Mongols to conquer a vast empire
What are stirrups, bows & arrows
400
This man legendarily led the Vikings to discover America
Who is Lief Erikson
500
Orthodox Christianity spread to this new emerging Eurasian kingdom
What is Russia
500
Name the Five Pillars of Islam
What is Confession of Faith, Charity, Prayer, Fasting, Pilgrimage
500
This people settled, intermarried, and eventually converted to Christianity after raiding European towns from the sea and discovering North America
Who is the Vikings
500
This period of peace led to regional stability in Mongol lands and increased trade on the Silk Road
What is Pax Mongolica
500
This man wrote Summa Theologica and believed that a belief in God could be proven using reason and logic