A | B |
feudalism | system of government including kings, nobles, and serfs |
manor | large estate owned by a lord |
Leif Eriksson | Viking who reached North America |
William of Normandy | Conquered England, became king in 1066 |
Magna Carta | limited the power of king of England |
Muhammad | founder of Islam |
crusades | military expeditions to the Holy Land to capture Jerusalem from Muslims |
Pope Urban II | called on Europeans to take Jerusalem from Muslims |
silk road | trade route between Asia and the Middle East |
Middle Ages | began after the fall of the Roman Empire, Lasted till New World discovery |