A | B |
Roman Law Code | Twelve Tables |
Hannibal | General who led Carthage during the Punic Wars |
Augustus Caesar | First emperor of Rome |
Republic | Government ruled by representatives |
Hagia Sophia | Domed church Justinian built |
Latin | Romance languages have their basis in this root language |
Constantinople | "Crossroads of Trade" that connected Europe and Asia |
Pope | Head of the Roman Catholic Church |
Muhammad | Founder of Islam |
Arabian Peninsula | Islam began here |
Mecca | Islamic holy city |
Allah | Arabic word for God |
Charlemagne | Crowned holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III on Christmas Day |
Serf | A medieval worker bound to the land |
Feudalism | System in which monarchs provide land in exchange for military service and the lords agree to protect the workers on the land they are given |
Pope Urban | His speech started the First Crusade |
Battle of Hastings | William the Conqueror unified England after this event |
England | Angles and Saxons invaded and settled this country |
Hungary | Magyars invaded and settled this country |
Black Death | Another name for the bubonic plague is... |