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Allegiance

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that is, loyalty, to the king

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Aqueducts

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water pathways that give people running water

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Astronomy

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a typical that deals with objects in space and the universe as a whole.

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Beliefs

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trust, faith or confidence in somebody or something.

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Bills of Exchange

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a written order to a person requiring the person to make a specified payment.

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Black Death

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One of the worst epidemics in history and a lot of people died.

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Christianity

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a religion based on the teachings of Jesus.

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City-state

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a city that with its surrounding territory forms an independent state.

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Civic Humanism

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If you want to be important in society you should contribute to things so the humanists believed that everybody matter.

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Classic civilizations

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is the study of history of Greeks, Romans and Muslims.

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Crusades

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a medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

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Democracy

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a form of government in which people get to vote.

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Hinterland

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the often uncharted area beyond a coastal district.

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Holy Land

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Is where people do religious things and do pilgrims (Jerusalem).

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Islam

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a religion that believes in the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) and Allah (God).

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Judaism

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The religion of the Jewish people.

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Monarchies

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it is a level of government in which a person is the ruler and when he dies, there would be a new ruler.

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Patrons

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a person who supports someone or something.

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Silk Road

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Is a network of trading routes that stretches across Asia and Europe.

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Usury

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the illegal action of lending money at a high rate of interest.

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Anatomy

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a study the structure or the idea of something

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Cultural Contact

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is the contact between two different cultures.

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Excommunication

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is the action of excluding someone from the Christian Church.

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Exploration

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to travel for a purpose of discovery and adventure

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Feudalism

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a social system existing in medieval Europe in which people in Europe went to fight the nobles.

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Heresy

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a holding of religious beliefs opposed to the church.

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Hierarchy

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the organization of people at different ranks in an administration area.

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Humanism

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a renaissance cultural movement that gave rebirth of many subjects like art, math and science and also many more subjects.

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Indulgences

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an action of indulging

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Isolation

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a process of being isolated

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Manor/Fiefdoms

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an area in which someone exercises control as or in the manner of feudal lord.

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Middle Ages

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it was a period of European from fall of Roman Empire to fall of Constantinople and it merged to the renaissance and the age of discovery.

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Nobles

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rank in political system and in social class of people

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Oligarchy

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a small group that has to control a country,

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Peasants

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a poor worker or farmer that has a low social status.

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Perspective

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the way you think about something ; point of view.

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Philosophers

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person who has academic discipline ; a person who studies philosophy

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Pilgrim

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a person who goes to place for sacred and religious reasons.

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Renaissance

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rebirth

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Rural

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a countryside rather than a town

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Scientific Method

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a method of procedure that uses observation, measurement and experiential

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Serfs

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an agricultural laborer bond under feudal system to work on lord state

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Sovereignty

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supreme power and strength; a self governing state

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Trade

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a action of buying goods and selling things.

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Urbanization

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a process of making an area more urban and city-like

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Values

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persons principal standards or behavior

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Vernacular

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a language spoken by the ordinary people in a particular area or region.

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Worldview

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a particular philosophy of life or a different thinking of the world.

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Tithe

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tax for the support of the church and the clergy

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