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| 173805345 | Attila | king of the Huns | |
| 173805346 | Lombards | Germanic people who had settled in northern Italy and were pushing south, threatening Rome; crushed by Charlemagne, earning him the papacy's gratitude | |
| 173805347 | Tang Dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 618 to 907 | |
| 173805348 | Pepin the Short | He was Charles Martel's son. He was king and the Pope asked him for help against the Lombards who were invading. Pepin helps him and defeats them and in turn, the Pope names him king of the Franks. Then Pepin gives the Pope land called the Papal States. | |
| 173805349 | Treaty of Verdun | signed in 843, the treaty divided the carolingian empire into three sections, which led to the eventual destruction of charlemagne's empire | |
| 173805350 | Alfred the Great | stopped Vikings and unified Anglo-Saxon kingdom to put up a united front against the Vikings; only English king with the title "Great" | |
| 173805351 | Fatimid dynasty | a Muslim ruling family in Egypt and North Africa that was descended from Fatimah, Muhammad's daughter | |
| 173805352 | Song dynasty | the imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279 | |
| 173805353 | Galen | Greek anatomist whose theories formed the basis of European medicine until the Renaissance (circa 130-200) | |
| 173805354 | Hypatia | Greek philosopher and astronomer | |
| 173805355 | Al-Razi | A Persian Philosopher who made fundamental and lasting contributions to the fields of medicine, chemistry (alchemy) and philosophy. (865-925) | |
| 173805356 | Hadrian's Wall | ... | |
| 173805357 | Marcus Aurelius | Last of the "Good Emperors", Wrote "Meditations" personal reflections of his beliefs, End of the Pax Romana | |
| 173805358 | Council of Nicea | meeting of bishops in 325 that condemned Arianism and formulated the Nicene Creed | |
| 173805359 | Benedictine Order | a Roman Catholic monastic order founded in the 6th century | |
| 173805360 | Hagia Sophia | Most famous example of Byzantine architecture, it was built under Justinian I and is considered one of the most perfect buildings in the world. | |
| 173805361 | Gregorian Chant | a liturgical chant of the Roman Catholic Church | |
| 173805362 | Li Po | Chinese lyric poet (700-762) | |
| 173805363 | Iconoclasm | a challenge to or overturning of traditional beliefs, customs, and values, any movement against the religious use of images | |
| 173805364 | transubstantiation | the Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist | |
| 173805365 | Cyrillic Alphabet | An alphabet for the writing of Slavic languages, devised in the ninth century A.D. by Saints Cyril and Methodius | |
| 173805366 | Murasaki Shikibu | Lady Murasaki (English), was a Japanese novelist, poet, and a maid of honor of the imperial court during the Heian period. She is best known as the author of The Tale of Genji, written in Japanese between about 1000 and 1008, one of the earliest novels in human history. | |
| 173805367 | Seljuk Turks | Nomadic invaders from central Asia via Persia; staunch Sunnis; ruled in name of Abbasid caliphs from mid-11th century | |
| 173805368 | Shona | people who immigrated onto the plateau of land of what is today Zimbabwe and asserted control over local peoples and mining activities, built fortresses, and attained great power | |
| 173805369 | Second Crusade | a Crusade from 1145 to 1147 that failed because of internal disagreements among the crusaders and led to the loss of Jerusalem in 1187 | |
| 173805370 | Third Crusade | a Crusade from 1189 to 1192 led by Richard I and the king of France that failed because an army torn by dissensions and fighting on foreign soil could not succeed against forces united by religious zeal | |
| 173805371 | Peace of Bretigny | agreement England forced upon France. Declared end to Edward III's vassalage to the king of France and confirmed his power over English territories in France. | |
| 173805372 | Omar Khayyam | Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123) |
