Unit 3 Key Terms

Question 0

Historian name for the eastern portion of the Toman Empire from the fourth century onward, taken from “Byzantium,” an early name for Constantinople, capital city. Empire fell to the ottomans in 1453

(Pg.240.150)

Answer 0

Byzantine Empire

Question 1

Descendants of the prophet Muhammad’s uncle, al-Abbas, the Abbasids overthrew the Ummatyas Caliphate and rolled an Islamic empire from their capital in Baghdad

(pg.222)

Answer 1

Abbasid Caliphate

Question 2

Office established in succession to re prophet Muhammad, to rule the Islamic empire; also the name of that empire

(pg.220)

Answer 2

Caliphate

Question 3

King of the Franks; emperor. Through a series of military conquest he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all the Gail and parts of Germany and Italy. Through illiterate himself, he sponsored a brief it electoral revival

(pg.240)

Answer 3

Charlemagne (742-814)

Question 4

Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule.
Brought an end to Western Europe centuries if intellectual and cultural isolation

(pg.259)

Answer 4

Crusades (1095-1204)

Question 5

In medieval Europe, land granted in return for a sworn oath to provide specified military service

Answer 5

Fief

Question 6

Aristocratic family that dominated the Japanese imperial court between the ninth and 12th centuries

Answer 6

Fujiwara

Question 7

A tradition relying the words or deeds of the Prophet Muhammad; next to the Quran, the most important basis for Islamic law

Answer 7

Hadith

Question 8

loose federation of mostly German states and principles

Answer 8

Holy Roman Empire

Question 9

applying painfully tight binding to the feet of young girls to prevent further growth

Answer 9

Foot Binding