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General
100

An Arab religious, military, and political leader, and the founder of Islam.

Muhammad

100

The holy book of Islam

Koran

100

A series of military campaigns launched by the papacy between 1095 and 1291 against Muslim rulers for the recovery and defence of the Holy Land.

The Crusades

100

The Roman Catholic Pope steps in to split land between Portugal and Spain

Treaty of Tordesillas

100

Radical reformers, were pacifists, persecuted by Catholics and Protestants

Anabaptists

200

Considered the "Father of Europe". Was crowned Holy Roman Emperor

Charlemagne

200

Holy Islamic city in Saudi Arabia. Location of the Kabba.

Mecca

200

A 16th-century religious and political upheaval in Europe which split Western Christianity.

Protestant Reformation

200

This made some reforms, but mainly re-affirmed the doctrine of the Catholic Church.

Council of Trent

200

Mission of the order is to spread Catholicism, defend the faith, and educate people

Jesuits

300

His largest achievement was the codification of Roman Law, Corpus Luris Civilus

Justinian

300

The place which Louis XIV built to demonstrate his power and prestige.

Palace of Versailles

300

Initiated the split from the Catholic Church/Rome. Named himself head of the Church of England.

Henry VIII

300

Established the supremacy of Parliament over the monarchy, laid out fundamental civil liberties, and strictly limited the powers of the Crown in England.

English Bill of Rights

300

Architecture style characterized by pointed arch, ribbed vault, and flying buttress.

Gothic Architecture

400

Believe that by faith alone could you be saved. Anything not in scripture is not part of the Christian faith

Martin Luther

400

This place was founded by the Vikings and was later Russia

Kievan Rus

400

The final split between the Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church since 1054.

The Great Schism

400

In the Holy Roman Empire, German states each prince can choose their religion including Calvinism.

Treaty/Peace of Westphalia

400

The philosophy that emphasizes the importance of active citizen participation in public life, governance, and the pursuit of the common good

Civic humanism

500

His goal was to modernize and westernize his country, which had been geographically and culturally isolated.

Peter the Great of Russia

500

Taken peacefully in 637 AD by Umar. Under Islamic control, showing Islamic power

Jerusalem

500

When the Ottoman Turks overtook the Byzantine Empire in 1453.

Fall of Constantinople

500

Ended the religious struggle between Catholics and Lutherans within the Holy Roman Empire

Peace of Augsburg

500

The first great ruling family of the Franks

Merovingians