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Barbarian tribes were these kind of states to the Roman empire, meaning that they had to pay tribute

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Clinet States

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This Visigoth leader lived from 370-410 CE

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Alaric

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This event, in 410, is when the Visigoth people, led by Alaric, looted and burned Rome for 3 days

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The sack of Rome

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These people were excellent horsemen and archers which was what made them such strong opponents

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The Huns

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From 420-469 the largest land empire was ruled by the people

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The Huns

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Western Rome falls in this year

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476

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The eastern part of the Roman Empire becomes known by this name

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The Byzantine Empire (capital is Constantinople)

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This man is often referred to a ‘The Last Roman’ as he spent much resources trying to reclaim the Empire

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Justinian (482-565 CE)

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She was wife to Justinian but helped with military planning

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Theodora (500-548)

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This empire lasted from the years 533-554

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The Byzantine Empire

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This man was the first leader of the Merovingians

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Clovis (466-511)

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As Merovingian government became unstable this position was created, so someone else could look after the affairs of the kingdom

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Mayor of the Palace

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This man was the most notable Mayor of the Palace, as he had basically taken control of the kingdom.

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Charles Martle (685-741)

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This battle, famously won by Charles Martle, kept the Islamic Empire away

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Battle of Tours

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This was the last Mayor of the Palace, as he overthrew the King

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Peppin the Short (714-768)

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He founded the Carolingian Dynasty and is the first Holy Roman Emperor

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Charlemagne (748-814)

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Having no set capital is known as this type of kingship

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Itinerant Kingship

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This Germanic group was conquered by Charlemagne

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The Saxons

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When Louis the Pious died the Empire got divided equally among his three sons. This inheritance method is called this

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Partible Inheritance

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The inheritance method of everything going to the first son is called this.

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Primogeniture

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The Treaty of Verdun split this group into three parts

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Frank

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These were written in the 1200s in Iceland and document the vikings

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The Eddas

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These are the lowest social class in viking society, usally POWs

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Thralls

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These are the free peasants in viking society

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Karls

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This is the highest social class in viking society

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Jarls

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in 985 Erik the Red ‘discovered’ this place

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Greenland

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Viking times are believed to have started in this year

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793

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by 875 all Anglo-Saxon villages have been conquered by these people

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Vikings

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in 1016 this viking conquered England and became king on top of Norway and Denmark

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Cnut the Great

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This Duke of Normandy won the Battle of Hasting in 1066

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William the Conqueror (1028-1087)

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This artwork was made shortly after the Norman Conquest and tells the story of the Norman conquest

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Bayeux Tapestry

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When non-religious authority, like the King, appoint Bishops it is known as this

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Lay Investiture/Simony

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In 1075 Pope Gregory vii said that only these men can elect Bishops

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The Pope

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This Holy Roman Emperor really liked to appoint his own Bishops

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Henry iv

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In 1122 a compromise was made between the Church and the State. Only the POpe can appoint bishops but the Emperor oversees the appointments.

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Concordat of Worms

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1054 marks the official split between the East and the West church, all over the phrase “filioque” which means this

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and the son

37
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Plenary Indulgence was the motivation for a lot of people to go these

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Crusades

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This French woman was one the most powerful and wealthiest women in Europe which made her extremely eligible, probably why she got married to two kings

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Eleanor of Aquitaine (1124-1204)

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in 1137 Eleanor of Aquitaine marries this man, only to have marriage annulled in 1152 on the ground that the two were too closely related

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Louis vii of France

40
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6 weeks after her first marriage is annulled Eleanor of Aquitaine marries this man

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King Henry ii of England

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England has control of these two territories in France until they loose them during the 100s year war

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Normandy and Aquitaine

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In cathedral schools seven liberal arts were taught, split into these two groups

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Trivial (grammer, redirect, logic)
Quadrivium (Geometry, theory of numbers, astronomy, musical harmonies)

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This man becomes a quite teacher in the middle ages, although he became a monk after getting his student, Heloise, pregnant.

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Peter Abelard (1079-1142)

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This method of study combines Aristotles writings and the practices of the church

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Scholasticism

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These summaries/collections of authoritative writing provided on the knowledge on a topic, Thomas Aquinas was a writing of these.

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Summas

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This disease started in central Asia but made its way to Europe VIA trade routes and killed up to 60% of European population

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Black Death (1347-1351)

47
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Salian law states that women can’t do this

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Inherit the throne

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1337-1453 was when this war took place between ENgland and France

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100 years war

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England loosing the 100 year war starts an internal civil war called this, which ends the Plantagenets Dynasty and starts the Tudor dynasty

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The War of the Rosesn

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This peasant women was a moral booster for the French during the 100 year war and was burnt at the stake by the English

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Joan of Arc (1412-1430)

51
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This woman took the practice of affective piety to an extreme and died of self inflicted starvation

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Catherine of Siena (1347-1380)

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This is the dwelling place in Mecca originally for many gods, but then just one

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The Kaaba

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This man, in 610, receives instructions from god to reform the Arabian peninsula

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Muhammad (570-632)

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The flight (hijra) when Muhammad goes to this place to stop conflict, year one in Islamic calendars

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Yathrid, now Medina (city of the prophet)

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statement of faith, prayer, alms, fastings and Pilgrimage are these in the Islamic faith

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The 5 pillars of Islam

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This is sometimes seen as the sixth pillar

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Conquest

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These are the three major groups of Islam

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Sunni, Shiite, Sufi

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This group supports that Uthman had a valid right to be Caliph. And that the Caliph is purely a political figure

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Sunni

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This group believes that caliphate should be by inheritance and that the caliph is also a religious figure as well as a political figure

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Shiite

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After the Umayyad caliphate comes this Caliphate

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Abbasid Caliphate

61
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The fabricated story of Roderic, Florinda, and Julian is about how this kingdom was lost

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Spain/Visigoth

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People tolerating each others religion and living together is defined under this Spanish term

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Convivencia

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When the Spanish fought back against the Islamic Empire, trying to reclaim their land, straing in the 800s, it is called this term

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Reconquista (finally successful in 1492)

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This epic poem shows how switching sides during the reconquista was a very common occurrence

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El Cid

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This Caliphate, running from 909-1171, claimed descent from Muhammad’s daughter

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Fatimid Caliphate

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Al-Hakim was a caliphate also known by this name because of his constant change of behaviour towards various religious groups

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The Mad Caliph

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1171 this man Conquers and starts the Ayyubid dynasty

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Saladin

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This caliphate, running from 1250-1517, came after the Abbasid caliphate got conquered by the mongols

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Mamluk Caliphate

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This group, 500 BCE-100 CE, in the Southeaster United states built mounds, including a complex snake mound

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The Adena People

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This group (200-500 CE) were more settled and agriculture focused, they also built mounds

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The Hopewell

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This group (700-1300) lived in the wester area of the States. They built pueblos

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Anasazi (meaning ancient ones)

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Celebrating spirits that represent that are the personification of things here on earth is know as this religion, practiced by the Anasazi

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Kachina

73
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This culture, 800-1450, had about 100 different locations around a river, including the largest mound of Cahokia

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Mississippian culture

74
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This group (200-910) was located in Mexiko/Guatemala. had a classical age based on written inscriptions on their monuments

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The Maya

75
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These two are the divine pair in Maya religion

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Lizard house and Lady Rainbow

76
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In Maya culture caves were seen as a way to do this

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communicate with the dead, in Xibalba underworld

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This group (1300-1540) lived in central Mexico, had about 50 city states (Altepetl) the main city was Tenochtitlan

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The Mexica/Aztecs

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This Mexica god is the god of war and means Humming bird of the south

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Huitzilopochtli

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This Mexica god is the creator god and developed their writing system

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Quetzalcoatl

80
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The leader of the Mexica is the Great Speaker, who handled external affairs. The second in command was called this, who handled internal affairs

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Female Snake

81
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1517-1540 is when this conquest happened

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The Spanish conquest

82
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This group lived just south of Lake Titicaca (600-1000)

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Tiwanaku

83
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This group (900-1470) had no writing system but we know of them through Spanish record

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Chimu

84
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This group (1400-1532) had the capital of Cuzco

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Incas

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The Incas had no writing system, os the had this very complex accounting system, with knot tying

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Quipu

86
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Incas had very well constructed ______ system

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road

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