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| 263861003 | Charlemange | king of the franks (768-814) founder of first empire in western Eroupe after the fall of Rome |  | 0 |
| 263861004 | schism | division; split |  | 1 |
| 263861005 | fief | land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service | 2 | |
| 263861006 | Battle of Tours | Battle in 732 in which the Christian Franks led by Charles Martel defeated Muslim armies and stopped the Muslim advance into Europe | 3 | |
| 263861007 | Hagia Sophia | the Cathedral of Holy Wisdom in Constantinople, built by order of the Byzantine emperor Justinian |  | 4 |
| 263861008 | Autocrat | a ruler who has absolute or unlimited power; a despot | 5 | |
| 263861009 | Tang Dynasty | dynasty often referred to as China's Golden age that reigned during 618 - 907 AD; China expands from Vietnam to Manchuria | 6 | |
| 263861010 | Neo-Confucianism | term that describes the resurgence of confusianism and the influence of confucian scholars during the Tang dynasty | 7 | |
| 263861011 | Shogunate | The japanese system of centralized government under a shogun, who exercised actual power while the emperor was reduced to a figurehead. | 8 | |
| 263861012 | Investiture | controversy Dispute between the popes and the Holy Roman Emperors over who held ultimate authority over bishops in imperial lands. (p. 261) |  | 9 |
| 263861013 | Manor | A large estate, often including farms and a village, ruled by a lord. |  | 10 |
| 263861014 | vassal | in the middle ages, a noble who usually was given a fief by his lord in exchange for loyalty | 11 | |
| 263861015 | Vladimir I | Ruler of Russian kingdom of Kiev from 980 to 1015; converted kingdom to Christianity | 12 | |
| 263861016 | Carolingian | The French dynasty of rulers descended from Charlemagne. | 13 | |
| 263861017 | Bosporus Strait | boundary between Europe and Asia | 14 | |
| 263861018 | tributary system | surrounding countries pay tribute to emperor and get military protection in return | 15 | |
| 263861019 | moveable type | Individual characters made of wood or metal that can be arranged to create a job for printing and then used over again |  | 16 |
| 263861020 | Mahayana Buddhism | Great Vehicle' branch of Buddhism followed in China, Japan, and Central Asia. The focus is on reverence for Buddha and for bodhisattvas, enlightened persons who have postponed nirvana to help others attain enlightenment. (p. 181) |  | 17 |
| 263861021 | medieval | Referring to the middle ages |  | 18 |
| 263861022 | serf | a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord | 19 | |
| 263861023 | papacy | The central administration of the Roman Catholic Church, of which the pope is the head. (pp. 258, 445) |  | 20 |
| 263861024 | Justinian | Byzantine emperor who held the eastern frontier of his empire against the Persians |  | 21 |
| 263861025 | siege | the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack |  | 22 |
| 263861026 | Theodora | the wife of Justinian, she helped to improve the status of women in the Byzantinian Empire and encouraged her husband to stay in Constntinople and fight the Nike Revolt. |  | 23 |
| 263861027 | Tibet | Country centered on the high, mountain-bounded plateau north of INdia. Tibetan political power occasionally extended farther to the north and west between the seventh and thirteen centuries. |  | 24 |
| 263861028 | Zen | school of Mahayana Buddhism asserting that enlightenment can come through meditation and intuition rather than faith |  | 25 |
| 263861029 | monasticism | a way of life in which men and women withdraw from the rest of the world in order to devote themselves to their faith |  | 26 |
| 263861030 | Kievan Russia | State established at Kiev in Ukraine around 879 CE by Scandinavian adventurers asserting authority over a mostly Slavic farming population. | 27 | |
| 263861031 | Holy Roman Emperor | honerary title given by the Pope given to the Christian King by the Pope that gives that individual the authority to tell other kings wat to do in time of war |  | 28 |
| 263861032 | Corpus Juris Civilis | the body of civil law in the Byzantine Empire created by Justinian's jurists; composed of the Code, Digest, and Institutes |  | 29 |
| 263861033 | Charles Martel | the Frankish commander for the battle of Tours. He defeated the Muslimsin the Battle of Tours, allowing Christianity to survive throughout the Dark Ages. He in a way started Feudalism by giving land to his knights that served for him. |  | 30 |
| 263861034 | Bubonic plague | Also called the Black Death was a deadly disease that spread through Europe and killed one out of every three people | 31 | |
| 263861035 | Koryo | Korean kingdom founded in 918 and destroyed by a Mongol invasion in 1259. | 32 | |
| 263861036 | Flying Monkey | Chinese credit instrument that provided credit vouchers to merchants to be redeemed at the end of the voyage; reduced danger of robbery; early form of currency. | 33 | |
| 263861037 | Byzantine | a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire | 34 | |
| 263861038 | crusade | any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11-13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims | 35 | |
| 263861039 | junk | any of various Chinese boats with a high poop and lugsails | 36 | |
| 263861040 | Grand Canal | The 1,100-mile (1,700-kilometer) waterway linking the Yellow and the Yangzi Rivers. It was begun in the Han period and completed during the Sui Empire. (p. 277) | 37 | |
| 263861041 | Song Empire | Empire in southern China (1127-1279; the 'Southern Song') while the Jin people controlled the north. Distinguished for its advances in technology, medicine, astronomy, and mathematics. (p. 285) | 38 | |
| 263861042 | Fujiwara | Japanese aristocratic family in mid-9th century; exercised exceptional influence over imperial affairs; aided in decline of imperial power | 39 | |
| 263861043 | Champa | A kingdom that expanded southward into the lands of Funan. The kings of of this Kingdom began to adopt the cultural, linguistic, and architectural styles of the Pallavas of south India that were then current in Funan. |  | 40 |
