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| 231877240 | barter | the direct exchange of goods without involving money | 1 | |
| 231877241 | Benedictine Rule | a rule that was followed by almost all Italian, English, and Frankish monks/nuns on how to pray and live a Christian life | 2 | |
| 231877242 | Byzantine Empire | After 'Byzantium' the town Constantine renamed Constantinople, controlled eastern Mediterranean until 12th century | 3 | |
| 231877243 | Caesaropapism (caesar and pope) | policy of political and religious power in emperor's hands | 4 | |
| 231877244 | Canon law | law of the Church; filled the hole of political authority in early days and later on stopped it from developing | 5 | |
| 231877245 | Carolingian family | descendants of Frankish ruler Clovis lost control to Charles Martel, of this family | 6 | |
| 231877246 | Charlemagne | conquered most of mainland western Europe; protected against Viking attacks on Europe; crowned emperor in 800 by pope | 7 | |
| 231877247 | Clovis | ruler of Franks from 481 to 511 CE; destroyed last vestiges of Roman power and organized campaigns against neighboring Germanic peoples; converted to Christianity | 8 | |
| 231877248 | Crusades | attacks into the Middle East promoted by a request from Byzantine Emperor Alexius I for help in increasing number of troops to resist Turkish battles | 9 | |
| 231877249 | feudalism | system of political organization based on loyalties among the elites: lords, vassals, and overlords | 10 | |
| 231877250 | Franks | Germanic tribe that organized a series of kingdoms through military conquest | 11 | |
| 231877251 | Hanseatic League | northern Germany and southern Scandinavia formed this to facilitate trade | 12 | |
| 231877252 | Holy Roman Empire | after Charlemagne was king, Europe remained feudalist with German emperor crowned by the pope | 13 | |
| 231877253 | Hundred Years War | 14th - 15th century between England and France | 14 | |
| 231877254 | manorialism | economic system in which peasants were tied to the land to supply labor to their lords | 15 | |
| 231877255 | Middle Ages | time period from 500-1500 CE, after Roman Empire and before European Renaissance; also called Dark Ages | 16 | |
| 231877256 | missi dominici | royal agents; served as 'eyes and ears' for Charlemagne to report back on any abuses of power by counts | 17 | |
| 231877257 | Sassanid Empire | wanted to rebuild Persian Empire, threat of early Byzantine | 18 | |
| 231877258 | serfs | lived on and were tied to self-sufficient agricultural estates (manors); received protection, administrative justice, and right to graze animals from lord, who owned land | 19 | |
| 231877259 | Vikings | raiders from Scandinavia whose raids began in 793 and who continued for the next 2 centuries to attack Europe | 20 | |
| 231877260 | usury | Catholic Church banned charging of interest for use of money | 21 |
