Test 7 Flashcards

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Pantheism:

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belief in singular god who creates all things

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Lineage Group:

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a group of individuals who trace descent from a common ancestor

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Sahel:

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Coast

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Mansas:

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religious or administrative leader, responsible for forwarding tax revenue to higher gov.

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Berbers:

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Diverse indigenous group in africa

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Trans-Saharan trade:

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exchange of gold or salt

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Bishop:

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a senior member of the Christian clergy, usually in charge of a diocese and empowered to confer holy orders.

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Pope

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:the Bishop of Rome as head of the Roman Catholic Church

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Diocese:

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a district under the pastoral care of a bishop in the Christian Church.

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Monk:

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a member of a religious community of men typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

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Monastery:

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a building or buildings occupied by a community of monks living under religious vows.

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Abbot:

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a man who is the head of an abbey of monks.

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Abbesses:

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a woman who is the head of an abbey of nuns.

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Interdict

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:to in essence excommunicate, or prohibit a person or especially a place from the functions and privileges of the church

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Sacraments:

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a religious ceremony or ritual regarded as divine grace, such as baptism, the Eucharist and penance and the anointing of the sick.

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Dark ages:

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early middle ages after the fall of the western roman

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Historiography:

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the history of history

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Archi bishop:

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head of many communities

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Monasticism

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: a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work.

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Viking:

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warrior, love of adventure

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Vassals:

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tenants of nobles

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Fief:

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grant of land made to a vassal from a noble for military service

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Manor:

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agricultural estate operated by lord and worked by peasants

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Serfs:

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free peasants, work 3 times a week, pay rent, bound to land

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Demesne:

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land retained by lord

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Aristocracy:

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high class in societies, hereditary, power help by nobility

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Agrarian:

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ownership and use of land relating to society economy

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Capitalism:

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production help by private organizations or individuals rather than government.
an economic system

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Guilds:

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a medieval association of craftsmen or merchants, often having considerable power.

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Common law:

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law that was common to the whole kingdom

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Parliament:

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meeting of kings by greater council

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Infidels:

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People who not believe in christianity (muslims)

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Fallow:

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(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.

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Burghers:

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Exempt from military, right to sell goods

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Hanseatic league:

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Northern Europe’s league to trade

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500-

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clovis established Frankish kingdom

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700s-

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Muslim traders establish ports on africa’s east coast

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800-

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Charlemagne crowned emperor

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Late 900s-

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Islam becomes the religion of some west african leaders

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1066-

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William I conquered England and established strong monarchy

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34
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1215-

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Magna Carta

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35
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1295-

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Edward I calls england’s first Parliament

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35
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1300s-

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Kilwa at its height of luxury and wealth

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36
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1307-

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Mansa Musa begins to rule in Mali

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1493-

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Muhammad Ture takes control of Songhai Empire

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38
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Sahara acts as a…

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divide separating North African coast from the rest of the continent

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39
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how does lineage group relate to filial piety

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39
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imports into afric

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Glass, iron, textiles, porcelain imported

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EXPORTS FROM AFRICa

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Irvoy, gold, rhino horns exported

41
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how did where coastal cities government

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Coastal cities:self-governing

41
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Swahili

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Culture, language
Arabic words combined with Bantu Structure: Swahili

42
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who were The Ashanti peoples god? what is this an example of?

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in Ghana had Nyame as supreme God but other lesser gods as well

Pantheism: belief in singular god who creates all things

43
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How did islam travel to africa and how did it spread

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Merchants carried beliefs

Gao= first rulers who believed

Huge political impact

arabic -> first written language

United diverse people

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Ghana and kings in africa

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Gold as primary reason for growth, slaves

Kings:
Taxed people
Ruled by divine right
District Chiefs-> collected taxes and maintained order

45
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Mali

Mansa Musa

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Gold trade
Moisture good for agriculture
Mansas

Mansa Musa:
Powerful king
Contributed muslim faith
Strongly encourage building of mosques

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Timbuktu:

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Schools of law/ center of literature and science

47
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Clovis:

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Kingdom of the Franks (germanic kingdom)

Sons divided kingdom

catholic

48
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Be able to label and draw the pyramid of the catholic church

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49
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Saint benedict

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Founded monasteries and wrote a set of rules for them
Divided each day w/ activities
Monks lived entirely communally

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Monks/ Monasteries and WOmen in Church

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Abbot ruled each monastery
Monks gave up everything
New heroes of christianity
Social workers -> heroes of christianity

Women:
Nuns
Abbesses form aristocratic families

49
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Church Supreme

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Pope Innocent III used spiritual weapons like the Interdict

50
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Charlemagne

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Intelligent, decisive, christian

Expanded empire to cover much of western and central europe

800 -> Emperor of the Romans

Beginning of new era of popes and emperors/kings

51
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Feif-holding

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Vassals fight for lord

Required to appear in court at the command of the lord

Lords responsible to maintenance of vassal by granting fief

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Manorial System

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Serfs legally bound to the lords lands and couldn’t leave w/out permission

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Expectations of knights

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  1. Only ride horses
  2. Strong and full of energy
  3. Noble, content, caring, courageous, enduring
54
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Daily life of peasants

Diet

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Simple
1-2 room houses made of plaster, wood and straw

Bread
Veggies, berries, nuts, fruits
Dairy
Chicken products

54
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Peasant women

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Mothers
Bear children, provide for their socialization and religious training
Spinning and weaving
Worked in fields
marriage= economic partnership

55
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Women in nobility

Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Women could legally hold property
Still at ill of husband/ father
Eleanor of aquitaine
Guided kingdom while husband at war

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Nobility in the middle ages:

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Loved war/ men of war/ warriors
Formed aristocracy
No physical labor
Related to the king
Political influence
Extensive land holding

57
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development of towns under nobility

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nobles / kings wanted to treat towns and people like fiefs, vassals and serfs

Townspeople needed mobility/freedom to trade

People were sold liberties such as:
Right to bequeath and sell property, freedom and military obligation to the lord

58
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medieval european cities

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Narrow winding streets
Organized themselves into guilds
Merchants lived in cities

58
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WHy were guilds so successful?

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didn’t have to pay taxes but also got protection

Burg, burgh, borough= fortification burghers

Exempt from military, right to sell goods
Rules don’t apply to them

58
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Relationship between kings and vassal based on ___________. What ratified this?

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Respect, Magna Carta

59
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William of normandy

What made him so powerful

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Took over england
Made nobles swear loyalty
Gave knights land

60
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Henry II

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Strengthened royal courts
Expanded kings power
Common law

60
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Early crusades:

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holy war against infidels

61
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What did Parliament do

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Approved taxes, discussed politics, passed laws, handled judicial business

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Third Crusade

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: Reaction to fall of jerusalem to muslim forces under Saladin

62
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What was the goal of the crusades

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to Liberate jerusalem and help byzantine empire

63
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Who were the crusader kingdoms dependent on?

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Italian coastal cities

64
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WHo was Saladin what did he take and give?

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took: Jerusalem
Gave: agreed to allow christian pilgrimages free access to Jerusalem

65
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Later crusades:

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Christians take Muslim capital of Constantinople

Rest of addiction crusade are absolute disasters

65
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Effects of crusades

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  1. Influenced europe’s reception of muslim intelligence
  2. Massacre of jews became regular feature of medieval european life
66
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Agriculture

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Benefitted from new technologies and better climate

67
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Irons effects on agriculture and building

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Iron on farming: slythes, axes, hoes, plows
Iron for building: saws, hammers, axes, nails, wire

68
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Fallow:

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field systems leaving 1 field barren while others are in use to restore

68
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The effects of having a surplus

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free time -> craftspeople and artisans

69
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what was the trade and central hub of the Mali empire

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Timbuktu

70
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Trade:

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Italy: trade in mediterranean
Hanseatic league

71
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Obligations of knights

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military service, advice the nobles, chivalry, give taxes

71
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2 bodies that make up parliment

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council of commons and council of lords

72
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How did islam conflict with traditional african beliefs

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spirit worship, priestly class, gender relations

73
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What city did charlemagne rule?

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Aachen

74
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What is important about Eleanor of Aquitaine

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inherited land, kept the land after divorce

75
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Two effects crusades had

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Rise in antisemitism, italian trade, spread of islamic knowledge limited

75
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what was dubbed the “most beautiful city” in africa? WHat was its culture

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Kilwa, swahili culture

76
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What limited kings power

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Magna Carta

77
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What did the interdict do?

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enforced the closure of the churches, forbade the administration of the Catholic sacraments, and prohibited the use of churchyards for burials.

78
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What was the land reserved for nobles and priests

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demesne, glebe

79
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What were eleanor of aquitaine’s sons names and what did they do

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Richard I: crusades
John I: Magna Carta

80
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Zanj:

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burnt skin- East Africa

80
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Who was charlemagne’s grandfather

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Charles Martel

81
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What 2 rivers define the hump in Africa?

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Niger and Senegal

82
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Where is William originally from?

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Normandy

83
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What was the richest and most urbanized part of Europe

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Flanders

83
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Name 3 Germanic Kingdoms that replaced the romans

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Visigoths, ostrogoths, Franks,

84
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Nyames

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Ashanti’s Higher God from Ghana

84
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Pantheism:

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a doctrine which identifies God with the universe, or regards the universe as a manifestation of God.

85
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Who established the Frankish Empire

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Clovis

86
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Manorialism:

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Economic system, land =$, Demesne, Manors

87
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Feudalism:

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Political systems, Military

88
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Manors

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House owned by lord, serfs, worked by peasants, bound to land, payed rent

89
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Who is Charles Martel

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Charlemagne’s grandfather, Carolingian, Emperor of Romans

90
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Why was trade important in the 14th century

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91
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District Chiefs->

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collected taxes and maintained order