| A | B |
|---|
| Crusades | Series of wars fought between Christian and Muslims over the holy land |
| Holy Land | The areas made up of Jerusalem and other places in Palestine where Christians believed Jesus lived and preached |
| Pope Urban II | Pope who rallied Christian zeal in order to purge them from the holy land |
| Reconquista | Campaign to drive the muslims from the Iberian Peninsula |
| Ferinand and Isabella | Rulers who marriage unified Spain |
| Inquisition | church court set up to try people accused of heresy |
| diverse | varied or different |
| Iberian Peninsula | The area between the Pyrnees Mountains and Portugal |
| Marco Polo | set out for China with merchant father and returned to Italy with stories of his travels |
| Salah al-Din | Leader of the Muslims during the third crusade who allowed Christians to still make the piligrimage to the holy land |
| Richard I | English King who led crusaders and earned the name "Lion-heart" |
| Byzantine Empire | The former western portion of the Holy Roman Empire |
| Holy Roman Empire | ruled vast lands from Germany to Italy, emperors crowned by the Pope |
| Alexius I | Byzantine Emperor who asked Pope Urban II for assistance against Muslim Turks |
| Jerusalem | Part of the Holy Land where jesus was believed to live |
| Constantinople | Capital city of the Byzantine Empire that was raided and looted by cruasders during the fourth crusade |
| Granada | Muslim strong hold during the "Reconquista" |
| Council of Claremont | gathering where Pope Urban II incited bishop and noble action against the Muslims |
