Chapter 9

Question 1

Themes

Answer 1

A military district in Byzantium. The earliest themes were created in the seventh century and served mainly defensive purposes

Question 2

Dynatoi

Answer 2

(DY nuh toy) The “powerful men” who dominated the countryside of the Byzantine Empire in the 10th and 11th centuries

Question 3

Abbasid

Answer 3

(A buh sihds) The dynasty of caliphs that, in 750, took over from the Umayyads in all of the Islamic realm expect for Spain (Al-Andalus) from their new capital ay Baghdad, they presided over a wealthy realm until the ninth century

Question 4

Fatimids

Answer 4

(FAT in mihds) members of the tenth century Shi’te dynasty who derived their name from Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammed and wife of Ali, they dominated in parts of North Africa, Egypt and even Syria

Question 5

Carolingian

Answer 5

The Frankish dynasty that ruled a Western European empire from 751 to the late 800’s, its greatest vigor was in the time or Charlemagne (r.768-814) and Louis the Pious (r.814-840)

Question 6

Treaty of Verdun

Answer 6

The treaty that, in 843, split the Carolingian empire Into 3 parts; its borders roughy outline modern Western European states

Question 7

Fiefs

Answer 7

Grants of land, theoretically temporary, from lords to their noble dependants (fideles or, later vassals) given in recognition of services, usually military, done or expected in the future; also called benefices

Question 8

Feudalism

Answer 8

The whole complex of lords, vassals, and fiefs (from the Latin word of feodum) as an institution. The nature of that institution varied from place to place, and in some regions it didn’t exist at all

Question 9

Castellan

Answer 9

(KAS tuh luhn) the holder of a castle. In the 10th and 11th centuries, castellans became important local lords. they mustered men for military service, collected taxes and administered justice

Question 10

Premogeniture

Answer 10

An inheritance practice that left all property to the oldest son

Question 11

Patrillineal

Answer 11

Relating to or tracing descent through the paternal line (ex: father and grandfather)

Question 12

Peace of God

Answer 12

A movement began by the bishops in the south of France around 990, first to limit the violence done to property and to the unarmed and later, the Truce of God, to limit fighting between warriors

Question 13

Capetian Dynasty

Answer 13

(Kuh Pay shuhn) a long lasting dynasty of French kings, taking their names from Hugh Capet (r. 987-996)

Question 14

Ottonian Kings

Answer 14

(ah TOH nee uhn) the tenth and early eleventh century kings of Germany; beginning with Otto I (r.936-973), they claimed the imperial crown and worked closely with their bishops to rule a vast territory

Question 15

Charlemagne

Answer 15

(SHAR luh mayn) The Carolingian king (r.768-814) whose conquests greatly expanded the Frankish kingdom. He was crowned emperor on December 25, 800

Question 16

Basil II

Answer 16

The Byzantine emperor (r.976-1025) who presided over the end of the Bulgur threat (earning the name Bulgar-slayer) and the conversion of Kievan Russia to Christianity

Question 17

Alfred the Great

Answer 17

King of Wessex(r.871-899) and the first king to rule over most of England. He organized a successful defence against Viking invaders, had key Latin works translated into the vernacular and wrote a law code for the whole of England

Question 18

Pippin III (King of Franks)

Answer 18

Charles Martels son who turned to the pope directly when he deposed the merovingian king in 751, taking over kingship himself, pippin helped push the Lombards back

Question 19

Harun al-Rashid

Answer 19

(786-809)The Abbasid Dynasty caliph, presided over a flourishing empire, after he died the dynasty began to decline due to his sons waging war against each other

Question 20

King Alfred of England

Answer 20

(871-899) Started a navy, sought to strengthen his kingdoms religious integrity, translated works by christian fathers so that everyone could understand them

Question 21

King Otto of Germany/ emperor

Answer 21

(r.936-973) the son of Henry I was an even greater military hero, 951 he marched to Italy and took the Lombard crown. The ottoman Kings did not divide their kingdoms among sons, instead they created a patrilineal pattern of inheritance

Question 22

King Hugh Capet of France

Answer 22

(987-996) As the Carolingian dynasty waned, the most powerful men in the kingdom elected Hugh Capet to be king, lord of great prestige but little power. ended the Carolingian dynasty and now was Capetian dynasty

Question 23

Stephan I, king of Hungary

Answer 23

(r.997-1038) They accepted Roman Christianity. According to a legend the crown placed on Stephens head during coronation in late 1000 or early 1001 was sent by the Pope, crown stands as a symbol of Hungarian Nationhood to this day