| A | B |
|---|
| Byzantine Empire | eastern Roman Empire - preserved Greek & Roman learning to Europe |
| Justinian Code | Byzantine law taken from Rome |
| Eastern Orthodox Christianity | a branch of Christianity - dates of Easter & Christmas different |
| Constantinople | center of the Byzantine Empire |
| Islam | centered around Mecca |
| Golden Age of Islam | Arab scholars study Greek & Latin learning, borrow "0" from India |
| Feudalism | land for protection in Middle Ages |
| Middle Ages | occurred 400 AD - 1400 AD - feudalism |
| Charlemagne | 1st DIVINE RIGHT ruler 800 AD |
| serfs | peasants |
| manor | large piece of land owned by a noble - self-sufficient |
| lord / noble | a rich person |
| Crusades | Christian holy wars to reclaim Holy Land - led to trade |
| Sung Dynasty | China - 1000 AD - gunpowder, compass created |
| T'ang Dynasty | China - 800 AD - "Golden Age" - architecture, painting,Confucian philosophy |
| Heian Dynasty | Japan: Shintoism established as a religion - samurai warriors established |
| manorialism | economic system during Middle Ages - self-sufficient |
| merchants | traders |
| barbarians | people thought to have NO culture |
| cultural diffusion | the spread/interspersing of ideas between 2 or more cultures |
| Slavs | people who lived in Russia around 800 AD |
| Seljuk Turks | they defeated/conquered the Byzantine Empire aroun 1400 AD |
| Arabic | a language spoken by many Arabs |
| Franks | a term for people in France around 800 AD |
| Vikings | warriors from Norway, Sweden [Scandinavia] excellent sailors |
| Holy Roman Empire | Germany & France ruled during the Middle Ages |
| Pope Urban II | he started the Crusades |
