| A | B |
|---|
| Charlemagne | 1st "divine right" ruler [Christmas Day 800 AD] |
| knights | warriors on horseback in Europe |
| lord/noble | member of UPPER class |
| merchants | traders |
| Muhammed | founder of Islamic religion [622 AD] |
| Pope Urban II | he started the Crusades |
| serfs | poor farmers |
| boyars | Russian upper class |
| Copernicus Galileo | said "planets" revolve around sun" .. went against Catholic Church teaching |
| Daimyoÿ | Japanese landowner/lord |
| Galileo | used telescope to prove planets revolve around Sun - imprisoned by Catholic Church |
| Ghenghis Khan [Chinggis Khan] | leader of Mongols 1200 AD - attacked Chine - tolerant of religion |
| Henry VIII | took advantage of the Reformation to start his own [Anglican] Church |
| Ibn Battuta | Arab traveler in WEST Africa in 1400s |
| Ivan the Great | 1st Russian Tsar - got rid of Mongols from Russia |
