(ca. 600-1450 C.E.)
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| 162241682 | Early (500-1000 C.E.), High (1000-1300 C.E.), and Late (1300-1500 C.E.) | divisions of the medieval era | 0 | |
| 162241683 | Renaissance | the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world. Rebirth | 1 | |
| 162241684 | knights | in the Middle Ages, lesser noble who served as a mounted warrior for a lord | 2 | |
| 162241685 | code of chivalry | a code of behavior that governed the aspect of all knights behavior | 3 | |
| 162241686 | serfs | servants (more like slaves) to the lord | 4 | |
| 162241687 | Roman Catholicism | the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church based in Rome | 5 | |
| 162241688 | Eastern Orthodoxy | Official religion of Russia; rejects the Pope, but is otherwise the same as Roman Catholicism. | 6 | |
| 162241689 | Crusades | A series of holy wars from 1096-1270 C.E. undertaken by European Christians to free the Holy Land from Muslim rule. Holy Wars | 7 | |
| 162241690 | Holy Inquisition | a special court with power to inquire about and judge matters of heresy | 8 | |
| 162241691 | Battle of Tours | 732 C.E. Christians defeat Muslim invaders and stop the spread of Islam into Europe | 9 | |
| 162241692 | Charlamagne | a powerful king who's name means "Charles the Great", he saw forced conversion as a way to strengthen his kingdom while increasing the membership of the church | 10 | |
| 162241693 | Vikings | Scandinavian pirates who plundered the coasts of Europe from the 8th to 10th centuries. | 11 | |
| 162241694 | Magna Carta | the royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215 C.E. | 12 | |
| 162241695 | Parliament | the lawmaking body of British government | 13 | |
| 162241696 | Hundred Years' War | Series of campaigns over control of the throne of France, involving English and French royal families and French noble families | 14 | |
| 162241697 | Habsburgs | leading family in the Holy Roman Empire, ruled Austria | 15 | |
| 162241698 | Reconquista | The effort by Christian leaders to drive the Muslims out of Spain, lasting from the 1100-1492 C.E. | 16 | |
| 162241699 | Córdoba | capital of Muslim Spain, an economic center, hundreds of workshops, culture and learning flourished there | 17 | |
| 162241700 | Constantinople | capital of the Byzantine Empire | 18 | |
| 162245418 | fall of Holy Roman Empire | 1453 | 19 | |
| 162245419 | Council of Clermont | An assembly heard the a speech given by Pope Urban II and basically he said they was a direct path to heaven for those willing to fight in the first crusade | 20 | |
| 162245420 | Hanseatic League | An economic and defensive alliance of the free towns in northern Germany, founded about 1241 C.E. and most powerful in the fourteenth century | 21 | |
| 162245421 | guild systems | labor groups that maintained a monopoly on their respective trades | 22 | |
| 162245422 | witchcraft | the major cause of fear in Europe during the 1400s. Elderly, unattractive widows were the common victims of accusation | 23 | |
| 162245423 | Black Death | the epidemic form of bubonic plague experienced during the Middle Ages when it killed nearly half the people of western Europe | 24 | |
| 162245424 | Joan of Arc | led the French to several victories during Hundred Years' War, but was tried and burned for witchcraft | 25 | |
| 162245425 | Geocentric Theory | Aristotle's theory that the earth is the center of the universe | 26 | |
| 162245426 | Romanesque | Architectural style which was an adaptation of the Roman basilica and barrel arch form. | 27 | |
| 162245427 | Gothic | Architectural style developed featuring pointed arches and flying buttresses as external supports on main walls | 28 | |
| 162245428 | printing press | invented by Johannes Guttenberg | 29 | |
| 162245429 | humansim | A philosophy in which interests and values of human beings are of primary importance | 30 | |
| 162245430 | Medici family | Dominating family of Florence, acquired wealth through banking. Spent lots of money on art. | 31 | |
| 162245431 | Leonardo da Vinci | Italian painter and sculptor and engineer and scientist and architect. Most famous for Mona Lisa | 32 | |
| 162245432 | Michelangelo | Florentine sculptor and painter and architect. Most famous for Sistine Chapel | 33 | |
| 163079452 | Umayyad dynasty | Islamic dynasty established by Muawiya, moved capital from Medina to Damascus, that action split Islam (Shi'ites and Sunnites) | 34 | |
| 163079453 | Abbasid Caliphate | followed the Umayyad dynasty. (750-1258 C.E.) | 35 | |
| 163079454 | Haroun al-Rashid | Most famous Abbasid Caliphate, ruled from 786-809 C.E., made achievements in art, science, politics and military | 36 | |
| 163079455 | Mali | west african empire that flourished and grew rich from trade (1250-1460 C.E.) | 37 | |
| 163079456 | Mans Musa | Mali's most powerful ruler (1312-1337 C.E.) | 38 | |
| 163079457 | Mamluks | Muslim slave warriors; established a dynasty in Egypt; defeated the Mongols at Ain Jalut in 1260 and halted Mongol advance | 39 | |
| 163079458 | Seljuk Turks | nomadic Turks from Asia who conquered Baghdad in 1055 and allowed the caliph to remain only as a religious leader. they governed strictly | 40 | |
| 163079459 | Sunidata | Mali epic poem | 41 | |
| 163079460 | Saladin | The leader of the Muslims in the third crusade and captured Jerusalem in 1187. | 42 | |
| 163079461 | Mongols | nomads from Mongolia, known for their brutality and war tactics. Seized Baghdad in 1258 C.E. | 43 | |
| 163079462 | Ottoman Turks | captured Constantinople in 1453 and rename it Istanbul; as a result the Byzantine people flee to Italian City-States which becomes a catalyst for the expansion of language and art | 44 | |
| 163079463 | fall of Constantinople | 1453 | 45 | |
| 163079464 | Ibn Battuta | Moroccan Muslim scholar, the most widely traveled individual of his time. He wrote a detailed account of his visits to Islamic lands from China to Spain and the western Sudan. Garbee | 46 | |
| 163079465 | Genghis Kahn | (1162-1227 C.E.) Leader and founder of Mongol tribes of Asia. Ruled from 1206-1227 Matt | 47 | |
| 163079466 | Kublai Kahn | Mongol Leader who conqured Tibet, but failed to take Japan Rachael | 48 | |
| 163079467 | Yuan Dynasty | Mongol dynasty in China | 49 | |
| 163079468 | Marco Polo | Venetian traveler who explored Asia in the 13th century and served Kublai Khan (1254-1324) Rachel | 50 | |
| 163079469 | The Forbidden City | Built in the Ming Dynasty, was a stunning monument in Bejing built for Yonglo. All commoners and foreigners were forbidden to enter without special permission. | 51 | |
| 163079470 | porclain | a thin beatufiul type of pottery, famous in China during Ming Dynasty | 52 | |
| 163079471 | Heian period | (794 to 1185C.E.) Japan had highly refined court society, etiquette, rules for properness, expected to write poetry and paint | 53 | |
| 163079472 | Taira-Minamoto war | destroyed Heian regime. (1156-1185 C.E.) | 54 | |
| 163079473 | daimyo | a Japanese feudal lord who commanded a private army of samurai | 55 | |
| 163079474 | samurai | a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy | 56 | |
| 163079475 | Bushido | traditional code of the Japanese samurai which stressed courage and loyalty and self-discipline and simple living | 57 | |
| 163079476 | Zen (Chan) | strict meditation to achieve enlightenment; students learn everything from a master; high disciplined method; appealed to Warrior Class (ruling class) | 58 |
