Vocabulary Unit 2 Flashcards
-an economic system in which grants of land were exchanged for services
Manorialism
-judging foreign people by the standards and practices of one’s own culture
Ethnocentrism
-social and political system of Europe and Japan in which grants of land were exchanged for promises of loyal service
Fuedalism
-condition in medieval Europe in which a tenant farmer was bound to a hereditary plot of land and to the will of his landlord
Serfdom
-code of conduct by which medieval knights lived by in Feudal Europe
Chivalry
-a plague that struck Europe in the 14th century and significantly reduced Europe’s population
Black Death
-conflict between England and France from 1337 to 1453
Hundred Years’ War
-church tribunal used to punish those accused of heresy in Medieval Europe
Inquisition
-the sale of church office in Europe, considered a sin
Simony
-collective term for many agricultural practices that allowed Europeans to cultivate most of the land in Europe between 1000-1300
Cerealization
-Eastern churches that form a loose federation that honors the patriarch of Constantinople and adhering to the decisions of the first seven ecumenical councils and to the Byzantine rite
Eastern Orthodox
-association formed by members of the same trade or merchant group
Guilds
-a medieval mystic and author of the first autobiography in English, which relates her spiritual journey to Christian sites
Margery Kempe
-mystical Islamic belief and practice in which Muslims seek to find the truth of divine love and knowledge through direct personal experience of God
Sufism
-the Muslims of the branch of Islam that adheres to the orthodox tradition and acknowledges the first four caliphs as rightful successors of Muhammad
Sunni
-branch of Islam comprising sects believing in Ali and the Imams as the only rightful successors of Muhammad
Shia
-West African empire founded by Sundiata and became renowned for the wealth of its rulers, especially Mansa Musa
Mali
-a group of people, especially traders or pilgrims, traveling together across a desert in Asia or North Africa
Caravans
-literally the House of Islam - is a term used by Muslim scholars to refer to those countries where Muslims can practice their religion as the ruling sect
Dar-al-Islam
-Moroccan Muslim scholar and traveler. He was known for his travels for a period of almost thirty years, covering nearly the whole of the known Islamic world and beyond
Ibn Battuta
-ruling the Islamic empire especially from their capital Baghdad and claiming descent from Abbas the uncle of Muhammad
Abbasid Caliphate
-also known as the Grand Library of Baghdad, a major Abbasid public academy and intellectual center
