The Earth and It's Peoples
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| 5177495749 | Charlemagne | 742-814; King of the Franks (r. 768-814); emperor (r. 800-814). Through many military conquests he established the Carolingian Empire, which encompassed all of Gaul and parts of Germany and Italy. | 0 | |
| 5177495750 | Medieval | Period between 500-1500 in Europe; between Greco-Roman antiquity and the Renaissance. | 1 | |
| 5177495751 | Kievan Russia | State established at Kiev in Ukraine in 882 by Scandinavian adventurers asserting authority over a mostly Salvic farming population. | 2 | |
| 5177495752 | Byzantine Empire | Eastern portion of the Roman Empire from the fourth century onward, taken from "Byzantium" and early name for Constantinople, the Byzantine capital. Empire fell to the Ottomans in 1453. | 3 | |
| 5177495753 | Schism | Formal split within a religious community. | 4 | |
| 5177495754 | Serf | Agricultural laborer legally bound to a lord's property and obligated to preform set services for the lord (medieval Europe). Russian serfs worked as artisans and in factories; serfdom was not abolished there until 1861. | 5 | |
| 5177495755 | Fief | In Medieval Europe, land granted in return for a sworn oath to provide specified military service. | 6 | |
| 5177495756 | Vassal | Sworn supporter of a king or lord committed to rendering specified military service to that king or lord (medieval Europe). | 7 | |
| 5177495757 | Papacy | Central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head. | 8 | |
| 5177495758 | Holy Roman Empire | Loose federation of mostly German states and principalities, headed by an emperor elected by the princes. (962-1806) | 9 | |
| 5177495759 | Investiture Controversy | Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands. | 10 | |
| 5177495760 | Monasticism | Living in a religious community apart from secular society and adhering to a rule stipulating chastity, obedience, and poverty. Prominent element of medieval Christianity and Buddhism. Monasteries were the primary centers of learning and literacy in Medieval Europe. | 11 | |
| 5177495761 | Crusades | (1095-1204) Armed pilgrimages to the Holy Land by Christians determined to recover Jerusalem from Muslim rule. Brought an end to western Europe's centuries of intellectual and cultural isolation. | 12 | |
| 5177495762 | Pilgrimage | Journey to sacred shrine by Christians seeking to show their fulfill vows. Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and early Chinese Buddhists to India. | 13 |
