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Allegiance

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wearing your loyalty to a superior power and individual or group of people

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Anatomy

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the studies of the human body, the animal and other living organism

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Aqueducts

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water path ways that transport water

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Astronomy

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the studies of stars

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Beliefs

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a statement that you value

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Bills of Exchange

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

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Black Death

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an infection that spread around Europe

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Christianity

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a religion that Christians follow

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City-state

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

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Civic Humanism

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The term for moral and social political philosophy.

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Classic civilizations

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Rome, Greece and Islam

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Crusades

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A medieval military expedition, one of a series made by Europeans to recover the Holy Land from the Muslims in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries.

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Cultural Contact

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when two people from different cultural make contact

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Democracy

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A system of government where the whole population can elect someone.

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Excommunication

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the action of officially excluding someone from participation in the sacraments and services of the Christian Church.

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Exploration

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the action of travelling in or through an unfamiliar area in order to learn about it.

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Feudalism

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feudalism was a hierarchy based on social class.

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Heresy

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belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine.

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Hinterland

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An area behind a coast or the shoreline of a river. Specifically, by the doctrine of the hinterland, the hinterland is the inland region lying behind a port and is claimed by the state that owns the coast

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Holy Land

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The Holy Land is a term which in Judaism refers to the Land of Israel. The term is also used by Muslims and Christians to refer to the area between the Jordan River and Mediterranean Sea.

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Humanism

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values on human beings

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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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The word Islam means submission to the will of God

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Isolation

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the process or fact of isolating or being isolated.

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Judaism

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the monotheistic religion of the Jews.

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Manor/Fiefdoms

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a piece of land owned by the lord

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Hierarchy

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a system or organisation in which people or groups are ranked one above the other according to status or authority.

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Middle Ages

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the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from c. 1100 to 1453.

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Monarchies

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a form of government with a monarch at the head.

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Noble

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(especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth.

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Oligarchy

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

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Patrons

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People who paid artists to produce works.

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Peasants/serfs

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Serfdom is the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorial ism, and similar systems

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Perspective

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the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth, and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point.

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Philosophers

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A person engaged or learned in philosophy, especially as an academic discipline.

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Renaissance

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The rebirth of old ideas.

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Rural

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the countryside rather than the city

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Scientific Method

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created in the Renaissance, helped explain many different experiments.

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Silk Road

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a network of trade routes.

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Sovereignty

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A superior power.

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Trade

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exchanging luxury goods, spices and many other things.

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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 whoever 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 original language spoken in an area

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worldview

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how a persons views the world

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tithe

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a portion (10%) of a person’s crops and earning given to the church as charity, HAD TO BE DONE.

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Pilgrim

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to go on a holy migration.

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serfs

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peasants

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