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- What was Jihad?
- The holy war
- What was Mekkah?
- The holy city
- Who was Mohammad?
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The founder of Islam.
Spoken to by an angel. - What was Constantinople?
- Capital of Byzantine Empire.
- Who was Justinian?
- The most significant emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
- Who was Theodora?
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Justinian's wife.
Became overly powerful.
- Who was Charlemagne?
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He was crowned by the pope on Christmas Day in 800.
- What is significant about the year 1066?
- The Norman Conquest
- What was gothic?
- The way the people in Medieval Europe built cathedrials.
- What was the Joan of Arc?
- She led the French to victory.
- What were the manors?
- The houses the nobles lived in.
- What were serfs?
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Peasants in villages or manors.
They were bound to the manor, marriage, restricted, dues to lord, use lord's equipment, labor for lord, they were farmers, they made up 90% of the population. - What was feudalism?
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social system.
gave land to them.
- What were knights?
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protectors of the nobles.
- What were vassals?
- A person who recieved a big amount of land from a lord.
- What was chivalry?
- a code of behavior for knights.
- What were crusades?
- people who tried to take land
- Who were the church?
- People who controlled every person within the priamitor of where they were.
- What was the Black Death?
- The plague
- What was florence?
- the center of activity (of town)
- Who was Michelangelo
- He was an artist
- Who was Leonardo?
- Artist and scientist
- Who was Gutenberg?
- invented printing press
- Who was Martin Luther?
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begun reform.
95 thesses.
- Who was John Calvin?
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the elect.
Did good things. - Louis XIV
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sunking
build versaille
- Who was Elizabeth I?
- Leads England in Renaissance.
- Who is Phillip II?
- He took the wealth from the new world.
- What is significant about the year 1588?
- England defeats spanish armada.
- Who was Peter the Great?
- Westerized Russia (warm water post).
- During the French Revolution, what did women do?
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Women stormed versailles and asked for food.
Forced the king and queen to go to prison. - What was the bourgeoisie?
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The middle class.
No power.
Lots of knowledge. - What was the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
- Bourgeouise wrote it like Constitutent.
- What was the Reign of Terror?
- guillotine