| A | B |
|---|
| Clovis | converted to Christianity in 496 (Germanic King) |
| Battle of Tours | 732 battle where Franks defeated the Umayyads (Muslim caliphate) |
| Charlemagne | best Frankish king-spread christianity, enlarged the empire, started the Carolingian Renaissance |
| Feudalism | political system of Europe afte rthe fall of Rome -decentralized |
| vassal | under a lord or king-owes loyalty, military service, and taxes |
| fief | land given by a lord to a vassal |
| Franks | empire that rose to power in West after the fall of Rome |
| Byzantine Empire | Eastern half of Rome became |
| Justinian | Byzantine ruler who built the Hagia Sophia, extended the empire, put down the Nika Revolt and etc |
| bubonic plague | hit Byzantine empire and killed many people |
| Eastern Orthodox | religion of Byzantine empire-Christian |
