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Middle Ages Flashcards

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Huns

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Asiatic conquers who ravaged Europe

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Goths

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Earliest tribe of Germanic settlers in the Roman empire

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Eucharist

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Christian ceremony commemorating the last supper

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Quiring

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Singing in concert

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Despotic

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Ruling with absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way

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Iconoclast

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A destroyer of religious images

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writ

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The Bible a document with most authority

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Caliph

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Chief Muslim civil and religious ruler

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Avarice

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Extreme greed

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Dowery

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Property or money brought by a spouse to their marriage

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Alfred the great

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Resisted Danes and saved the Anglo-Saxon kingdom

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William of Normandy

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Invaded England and became king as William the first

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Charles Martel

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Frankish king who defeated the moors

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Islam

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Religion established by Mohammed

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Constantinople

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Capital of the eastern empire

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Saint Patrick

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Christian missionary to Ireland

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Justinian

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Eastern emperor codified laws for the empire

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Constantine

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Roman emperor who made Christianity the religion of the empire.

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Charlemagne

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King of the Franks and first holy Roman Emperor

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Norsemen

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People from Scandinavian country called Vikings or Danes

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What happened in 529

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The Benedictine church was founded

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What happened in 800

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Charlemagne was crowned

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What happened in 330

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Constantinople was the eastern capital

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What happened in 410

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The sack of Rome occurred

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What happened in 476

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The fall of Rome

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What things showed Gregory the Great to be a Great ruler

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Gregory was a Christian he prayed for health and prosperity. 

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What were some of the advances made by Muslims

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They were to honor their parents give alms to the poor neither make nor worship images and drink no wine.

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What two things did the church inherit from the Roman empire

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Government, unity

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