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| The era in European History that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, lasting from about 500 to 1500- also called the medieval period. | Middle Ages |
| A Germanic people who settled in the Roman province of Gaul (present day France) and established a great empire during the Middle ages. | Franks |
| or Charles I, was one of the great leaders of the Middle Ages. He was King of the Franks and later became the Holy Roman Emperor. | Charlemagne |
| The Anglo-Saxons were the dominant peoples on the island of Britain from 550 to until the Norman conquest of 1066. The Anglo Saxons left their legacy on England including the language, culture, and politics of the land. | Anglo Saxons |
| or William, Duke of Normandy, led the Norman conquest of England and was crowned king of England after his victory at the battle of Hastings in 1066. | William the Conquer |
| a political system in which nobles are granted the use of lands that legally belong to their king, in exchange for their loyalty, military service, and protection of the people who live on the land. | Feudalism |
| a social class, normally ranked immediately under royalty, that possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than most other classes in a society, membership thereof typically being hereditary. | nobles |
| a medieval peasant legally bound to lice on a lord’s estate | serfs |
| one of the expeditions in which medieval Christian warriors sought to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims. | crusade |
| - a Muslim military and political leader who as sultan (or leader) led Islamic forces during the Crusades. | Saladin |
| or Richard the Lion Hearted, King of England from 1189 to 1199; a leader of the Third Crusade | Richard I |
| a person descended from Muslims of northwestern Africa. | Moors |
| - capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel, a holy city for Jews and Christians and Muslims and once an ancient kingdom. | Jerusalem |
| “Great Charter” – a document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, drawn up by nobles and approved by King John in 1215 AD. | Magna Carta |
| a deadly disease that spread across Asia and Europe in the mid 14th Century, killing millions of people. | Bubonic Plaque |
| a conflict in which England and France battled on French soil on and off from 1337 to 1453. | Hundred Years War |
