Test 7 Flashcards
Pantheism:
belief in singular god who creates all things
Lineage Group:
a group of individuals who trace descent from a common ancestor
Sahel:
Coast
Mansas:
religious or administrative leader, responsible for forwarding tax revenue to higher gov.
Berbers:
Diverse indigenous group in africa
Trans-Saharan trade:
exchange of gold or salt
Bishop:
a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.
Pope
:the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church
Diocese:
a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church.
Monk:
a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
Monastery:
a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.
Abbot:
a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.
Abbesses:
a woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.
Interdict
:to in essence excommunicate, or prohibit a person or especially a place from the functions and privileges of the church
Sacraments:
a religious ceremony or ritual regarded as divine grace, such as baptism, the Eucharist and penance and the anointing of the sick.
Dark ages:
early middle ages after the fall of the western roman
Historiography:
the history of history
Archi bishop:
head of many communities
Monasticism
: a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.
Viking:
warrior, love of adventure
Vassals:
tenants of nobles
Fief:
grant of land made to a vassal from a noble for military service
Manor:
agricultural estate operated by lord and worked by peasants
Serfs:
free peasants, work 3 times a week, pay rent, bound to land
Demesne:
land retained by lord
Aristocracy:
high class in societies, hereditary, power help by nobility
Agrarian:
ownership and use of land relating to society economy
Capitalism:
production help by private organizations or individuals rather than government.
an economic system
Guilds:
a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.
Common law:
law that was common to the whole kingdom
Parliament:
meeting of kings by greater council
Infidels:
People who not believe in christianity (muslims)
Fallow:
(of farmland) plowed and harrowed but left unsown for a period in order to restore its fertility as part of a crop rotation or to avoid surplus production.
Burghers:
Exempt from military, right to sell goods
Hanseatic league:
Northern Europe’s league to trade
500-
clovis established Frankish kingdom
700s-
Muslim traders establish ports on africa’s east coast
800-
Charlemagne crowned emperor
Late 900s-
Islam becomes the religion of some west african leaders
1066-
William I conquered England and established strong monarchy
1215-
Magna Carta
1295-
Edward I calls england’s first Parliament
1300s-
Kilwa at its height of luxury and wealth
1307-
Mansa Musa begins to rule in Mali
1493-
Muhammad Ture takes control of Songhai Empire
Sahara acts as a…
divide separating North African coast from the rest of the continent