Lesson 38 Flashcards
Empire
Group of countries ruled by a single person
Kingdoms
Individual countries ruled by a king or queen
Dynasties
Different rulers who are all from the same family, or a period of time that a country is controlled by them
Dawn
Beginning
Reigns
Period that a king, queen or emperor rules
Heir
Person who is legally entitled to continue the work of someone important who has died or who has the same position as they had
Successor
Person who takes over from another person
Coronation
Event when a king or queen receives his/her crown
Conquest
When someone or an army defeats and takes over another country
Manuscripts
Texts written by hand
Peasant
Person who works on the land and earns little, usually having a low social status
Laborer
Person who does unskilled manual work
Migration
Moving from one place to another in large numbers
Shreds
Very small amounts
Bronze age
Period when the metals copper and tin began to be used to make weapons, tools, etc
Medieval
Of or from the European middle ages, i.e. 1000-1500 AD
Renaissance
Period of new growth of interest and activity in the arts especially in Europe in the 14th to 16th centuries
Pre-colonial
Period before Europeans arrived in large numbers and took power
Infantry
Soldiers on foot (uncountable)
Cavalry
Soldiers on horseback (uncountable)
Suit of armor
Metal protective clothing worn by soldiers
Chariot
Two-wheeled vehicle pulled by a horse and used in ancient times for racing and war
Galleon
Large sailing ship with three or four masts used in the 15th to 18th centuries
Warlord
A military leader who controls a country or, more often, an area within a country
Slave
Person legally owned by someone else and who has to work for them
Ruler
Leader of a country
Explorer
Someone who travels to places that no one is thought ever to have visited in order to find out what is there
Merchant
Someone who buys and sells things in large amounts, especially by trading with other countries
Monarch
Neutral term for a king or queen
The nobility
Collective term for people of the highest social rank in a society
Archaeologist
Person who studies the material evidence of past societies
