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7651992067Byzantine Empirewas the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople0
7651992068Orthodox Christianityrefers to the set of doctrines which were believed by the early Christians. A series of ecumenical councils1
7652038821Justinian's Codecollections of laws and legal interpretations developed under the sponsorship of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I from ad 529 to 5652
7652040956Hagia Sophiawas a Greek Orthodox Christian patriarchal basilica church, then later changed to a mosque then a museum3
7652044541Roman Catholic Churchhas been the decisive spiritual force in the history of Western civilization. Along with Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism, it is one of the three major branches of Christianity4
7652049742Great Schism of 1054vent that precipitated the final separation between the Eastern Christian churches5
7652049743Vladimircommon Russian name that is way too vague thx Mr. Stauffer6
7652051886Battle of Tourswas fought by Frankish and Burgundian forces under Charles Martel against an army of the Umayyad Caliphate led by 'Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi7
7652053363Charlemagneas King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774 and Emperor of the Romans from 800. He united much of Europe during the early Middle Ages8
7652053364Holy Roman Empirewas a multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 18069
7652055534Vikingspeople who raided and traded from their Northern European homelands across wide areas of northern, central, eastern and western Europe, during the late 8th to late 11th centuries10
7652057060Feudalismwas a combination of legal and military customs in medieval Europe that flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries11
7652057061Noblesis a social class, normally ranked immediately under royalty12
7652057062Vassalsa person regarded as having a mutual obligation to a lord or monarch13
7652060547Serfs (peasants)A member of the lowest feudal class, legally bound to a landed estate and required to perform labor for the lord of that estate14
7652060548Fiefswas the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable property or rights granted by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fee15
7652060549manorsan estate in land to which is incident the right to hold a court termed court baron16
7652065158Three-field systema regime of crop rotation that was used in medieval and early-modern Europe17
7652065159Code of Chivalryis an informal, varying code of conduct developed between 1170 and 122018
7652068827Primogeniturethe state of being the firstborn child.19
7652071606Hanseatic Leaguewas an alliance of trading guilds that established and maintained a trade monopoly along the coast of Northern Europe20
7652071607Crusadeswere a series of religious wars sanctioned by the Latin Church in the medieval period21
7652074524Heresyis any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs22
7652076278Pope Innocent IIIwas one of the most powerful and influential popes. He exerted a wide influence over the Christian states of Europe, claiming supremacy over all of Europe's kings23
7652077909Scholasticismthe system of theology and philosophy taught in medieval European universities24
7652077910Black Deathwas one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people in Eurasia25
7652080671William the Conquerorwas the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 108726
7652083328Magna Cartais a charter to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons27
7652083329Joan of Arcis considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War28
7652086163Hundred Years' Warwas a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 by the House of Plantagenet29
7652091603Isabella & Ferdinand of Spainwas Queen of Castile. She was married to Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their marriage became the basis for the political unification of Spain under their grandson30
7652091604Spanish Inquisitionwas intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms and to replace the Medieval Inquisition31
7652094670Ivan the Terriblewas the Grand Prince of Moscow from 1533 to 1547, then "Tsar of All the Russias" until his death in 158432

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