| A | B |
|---|
| Classical Europe | Greece and Rome |
| democracy | direct rule of the people |
| Philosophy | love of wisdom |
| Peloponnesian War | Sparta defeated Athens in this |
| Alexanders empire | included Perisa and Egypt |
| foundation of the Roman law | Twelve Tables |
| tablets | bronze tablets where laws were recorded |
| Mediterrean Sea | "Roman lake" surrounding Roman Empire |
| Caesar Augustus | emperor during Pax Romana |
| Middle Ages | Christianity became political power at this time |
| Christianity started during this time | Constantine I |
| Church sponsored series of holy wars | Crusades |
| Christians and Muslims | The Crusades led to distrust with these people |
| common laws | unwritten laws that come from local customs |
| Franks | important German kingdom |
| feudal estate | manor |
| manor house | castle |
| Two types of farmers | tenants and serfs |
| Serfs | poorest group of farmers |
| guild | worker's organization |
| Charters | privileges and freedoms in written documents |
| rebirth | result of Renaissance |
| Michelangelo | painted mural on Sistine Chapel |
| William Shakespheare | wrote Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet |
| Johannes Gutenberg | printing press was invented by this man |
| Protestant Reformation | movement to reform Catholic Church |
| Vasco de Gama | sailed around Cape of Good Hope |
| Columbian Exchange | distributed ideas, people and diseases |
| Parliment | popular representative body took power in name of people |
