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Allegiance

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Swearing your loyalty or commitment to a superior power, an individual or a group of people

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Anatomy

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A field in science that revolves around the structure of the human body, the animals and other living organism.

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Aqueducts

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water pathways that give people water. Built out of som

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Astronomy

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The study of stars.

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Beliefs

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The acceptance that a certain idea is true.

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Bills of Exchange

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A person who sends an order for another to pay them a demanded price.

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Black Death

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Also known as the Bubonic Plague, is a terrible and awful disease that struck Europe and killed 1/3 of its population.

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Christianity

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A religion

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City-state

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a city with its surrounding territory that makes up a state/independent country.

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Civic Humanism

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study of history and political issues; rightful duty as a citizen to study about political issues and history to better their own society.

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Classic civilizations

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Roman, Greek and Islamic civilizations

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Crusades

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The crusades were a group of Christians who went to Jerusalem to claim the land they thought was holy and belonged to them.

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Cultural Contact

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Contact between two people of different cultures leading to a change in both of their systems.

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Democracy

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Introduced by the Greek and Romans, democracy is where they give people the power in the election and let them decide their political leaders.

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Excommunication

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the act of officially excluding someone from the participation in church activities and offering services to the Christian Church.

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Exploration

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the action of travelling to new lands in order to claim them as territory or learn about them.

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Feudalism

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Feudalism was a hierarchy showing people ranked according to their importance in society.

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Heresy

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Having an opinion against an official or popular belief.

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Hierarchy

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A system where people are ranked one above another according to their importance.

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Hinterland

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A place that exists beyond what they had discovered.

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Holy Land

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The Holy Land is Jerusalem.

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Humanism

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The idea that stresses the importance of Humans rather than a supernatural being.

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Indulgences

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a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins according to Christianity.

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Islam

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A religion followed by Muslims.

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Isolation

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Separating yourself from others, either as a group or individual.

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Judaism

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A religion followed by Jews.

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Manor/Fiefdoms

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A whole plot or piece of land owned by the Lords.

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Middle Ages

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A time of complete isolation for Europe.

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Monarchies

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A country that is ruled by a monarch, head of state.

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Nobles

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Knights, Fighting to protect their Fiefdoms.

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Oligarchy

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a small group of people having control of a country, organization, or institution.

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Patrons

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Someone who funds an organization or project. (Mainly Art)

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Peasants

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Worked the land on fiefdoms.

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Perspective

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An opinion or point of view on an idea or topic.

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Philosophers

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Someone who asks questions about the society they live in and their way of life.

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Pilgrim

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a person who journeys to a sacred place for religious reasons.

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Renaissance

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The rebirth of old ideas.

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Rural

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Living in the fiefdom.

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Scientific Method

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Discovered during the Renaissance. (self explanatory)

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Serfs

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peasants.

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Silk Road

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A network of trade routes throughout Asia and Europe.

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Sovereignty

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supreme power or authority.

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Trade

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exchanging goods and ideas

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Urbanization

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the process of making an area more urban.

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Usury

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Borrowing money that proves to be unfair to whomever you borrowed it from.

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Values

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What you believe.

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Vernacular

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the language or dialect spoken by the ordinary people in a particular country or region.

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Worldview

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The way a person views the world.

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Tithe

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a portion (10%) of a persons crops and earnings to pay as charity for the church.

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