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| 95409551 | Barter | exchange of goods directly | 0 | |
| 95409552 | Benedictine Rule | rules for behavior that were written by Benedict around 540; included daily rituals of prayer, manual labor, and simple eating. | 1 | |
| 95409553 | Byzantine Empire | after the Western Roman Empire fell..the Eastern lived for almost 1000 years. | 2 | |
| 95409554 | Caesaropapism | policy of political and religious power concentrated in the emperor's hands; (caesar and pope) | 3 | |
| 95409555 | Canon law | rules for behavior that first filled the void of political authority in the early days. | 4 | |
| 95409556 | Carolingian family | powerful Frankish family (Charles Martel "Charles the Hammer") | 5 | |
| 95409557 | Charlemagne | ("Charles the Great"); grandson of Charles Martel; conqured most of mainland western Europe | 6 | |
| 95409558 | Clovis | ruler of the Franks from 481 until 511. | 7 | |
| 95409559 | Crusades | military expeditions to gain (regain) the Holy Land from the Muslims (from 11th to the 13th centuries) | 8 | |
| 95409560 | Ecommunication, Interdict | seperation from the church and its sacraments; were ignored for eternity | 9 | |
| 95409561 | Feudalism | complex system of political and military loyalties that linked lords together | 10 | |
| 95409562 | Franks | group of Germanic people who rose to prominence under the leadership of Clovis | 11 | |
| 95409563 | Ghettos | small urban areas | 12 | |
| 95409564 | Guilds | associations of people who worked in the same occupation | 13 | |
| 95409565 | Hagia Sophia | Church of Holy Wisdom | 14 | |
| 95409566 | Hanseatic League | an organization of cities in northern germany and southern scandinavia to create a commercial alliance | 15 | |
| 95409567 | Heresy | the crime of holding a belief that goes against established doctrine | 16 | |
| 95409568 | Holy Roman Empire | established in spirit with Charlemagne's crowning in 800, but not officially until 962, when a loose confederation of German princes named one of their own emperor; cowned by pope, emplying power rested in the hands of the pope. | 17 | |
| 95409569 | Hundred Years War | between France and England; fought over territories English had control of in France; during 14th and 15th centuries. | 18 | |
| 95409570 | Justinian, Justinian code | most important of early Byzantine emperors; ruled from 527 to 565 C.E. | 19 | |
| 95409571 | Limited government, parliaments | limits on the power of the ruler | 20 | |
| 95409572 | Magna Carta | a document that nobles forced King John of England to sign that guarenteed rights to the nobility. | 21 | |
| 95409573 | Manorialism | economic system in which peasants were tied to the land to supply labor to their lords | 22 | |
| 95409574 | "Middle Ages" or medieval times | The time period of western European history from 500-1500 C.E | 23 | |
| 95409575 | Missi dominici | royal agents; (the sovereign's envoys) | 24 | |
| 95409576 | Pogroms | anti-Semitic mob actions | 25 | |
| 95409577 | Renaissance | rebirth | 26 | |
| 95409578 | Saladin | great Muslim general; took back Jerusalem during 12th century | 27 | |
| 95409579 | Sassanid Empire | major politcal threat to Byzantine Empire | 28 | |
| 95409580 | Scholasticism | attempt to reconcile the beliefs and values of Christianity with the logical reasoning of Greek philosophy. | 29 | |
| 95409581 | Serfs | people who lived on and were tied to manors. | 30 | |
| 95409582 | Theodora | Empress and wife of Justinian I of the Byzantine Empire. Her influence helped women gain rights. | 31 | |
| 95409583 | Usury | the charging of interest for the use of money | 32 | |
| 95409584 | Vernacular languages | an important development in medieval literature; beggining in 13th century | 33 | |
| 95409585 | Vikings | raiders from Scandinavia, began in 793 and continued for next 2 centuries. | 34 |
