Middle Ages Flashcards

(28 cards)

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Huns

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Asiatic conquers who ravaged Europe

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Goths

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Earliest tribe of Germanic settlers in the Roman empire

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Eucharist

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Christian ceremony commemorating the last supper

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Quiring

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Singing in concert

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5
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Despotic

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Ruling with absolute power in a cruel or oppressive way

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Iconoclast

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A destroyer of religious images

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7
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writ

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The Bible a document with most authority

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Caliph

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Chief Muslim civil and religious ruler

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Avarice

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Extreme greed

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Dowery

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Property or money brought by a spouse to their marriage

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Alfred the great

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Resisted Danes and saved the Anglo-Saxon kingdom

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William of Normandy

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Invaded England and became king as William the first

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Charles Martel

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Frankish king who defeated the moors

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Islam

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Religion established by Mohammed

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15
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Constantinople

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Capital of the eastern empire

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16
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Saint Patrick

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Christian missionary to Ireland

17
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Justinian

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Eastern emperor codified laws for the empire

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Constantine

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Roman emperor who made Christianity the religion of the empire.

19
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Charlemagne

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King of the Franks and first holy Roman Emperor

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Norsemen

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People from Scandinavian country called Vikings or Danes

21
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What happened in 529

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The Benedictine church was founded

22
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What happened in 800

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Charlemagne was crowned

23
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What happened in 330

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Constantinople was the eastern capital

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What happened in 410

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The sack of Rome occurred

25
What happened in 476
The fall of Rome
26
What things showed Gregory the Great to be a Great ruler
Gregory was a Christian he prayed for health and prosperity. 
27
What were some of the advances made by Muslims
They were to honor their parents give alms to the poor neither make nor worship images and drink no wine.
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What two things did the church inherit from the Roman empire
Government, unity