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100
This Byzantine emperor reconquered Italy in the A.D. 500s.
Who is Justinian
100
This Pillar of Islam involves a pilgrimage to the shrine at Mecca.
What is Hajj.
100
This was a grant of land given by lords to their vassals in exchange for certain services.
What is a fief.
100
This is another word for the split that occurred between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.
What is schism
100
This German king was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor.
Who was Otto the Great
200
This form of Byzantine artwork consists of pictures made from hundreds of painted stones and colored glass.
What is a mosaic
200
This Islamic leader established the Umayyad dynasty of caliphs.
Who is Mu'awiyah.
200
These royal inspectors supervised the work of counts within the Frankish Empire.
Who were the missi dominici
200
This empire was totally conquered by the Islamic caliphs in the 600s.
What is Persia
200
The first crusade was called after Jerusalem was captured by this group of people.
Who were the Seljuk Turks
300
This missionary created an alphabet for the Slavs based on Greek letters.
Who is Cyril
300
This research center translated Greek, Indian, and Persian texts into Arabic and was founded by whom?
What is the House of Wisdom and who is Ma'mun.
300
This sacrament was commemorated the death of Jesus Christ.
What is the eucharist.
300
This capital was founded by the Abbasid Caliphate in the 700s.
What is Baghdad
300
This was one of 4 major effects of the Crusades on European society.
What was 1. the strengthening of kings and breakdown of feudalism, 2. the return of classical texts to the West, 3. the prospering of cities due to increased trade, or 4. the improvement of European technology.
400
This thing was the center of a religious controversy over whether or not religious images should be depicted in churches and other places.
What is the icon.
400
"Sinbad the Sailor" is a story that comes from this epic book.
What is The Arabian Nights
400
This monastery was established by Benedict in 520 and became a model for monks all over Europe.
What is Monte Cassino.
400
King Louis VI of France made these changes to French feudal society.
What are giving townspeople and clergy government positions and allowing self-rule for towns.
400
The feudal system began to decline due to the rise of this economic practice.
What is banking.
500
This Georgian queen was known for starting a golden age among her people due to advances in science and culture.
Who is Tamara
500
Ibn Khaldun made this significant contribution to the study of history.
What is looking at historical events scientifically (effects of geography, economics, religion, etc. on human affairs)
500
These two rules of the Magna Carta placed limits on the king's power.
What are the right of trial by jury for freemen and that the king could not raise taxes without consent of Great Council.
500
These causes led to the schism between the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church.
What are the icon controversy and the pope naming Charlemagne a Roman emperor.
500
This refers to the period in which the pope led the Catholic church from Avignon, France, to keep away from the civil wars in Italy.
What is the Babylonian Captivity