Vocab Flashcard 13

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Loose grouping of Slavic tribes forming the basis of modern Russia, adopting Orthodox Christianity from Constantinople, spreading it in Eastern Europe.

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Kievan Rus

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A peasant/slave connected to the land, controlled by landowners, essential in feudalism.

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Serfs

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Rejection/destruction of religious imagery seen as heretical, leading to the Great Schism between the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches.

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Iconoclasm

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Wars ordered by Pope Urban II that united Europeans against a common enemy and fostered cultural ties with the Arab world, leading to the Renaissance.

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The Crusades

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Recaptured the idea of a united Rome, named Holy Roman Empire on Christmas Day 800 C.E. His empire fell apart after death, but France, Austria, and Germany began within its borders.

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Charlemagne

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Pivotal battle in 732 C.E. by Charles Martel that halted Muslim expansion into Western Europe.

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The Battle of Tours

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Fearsome raiders who settled across Europe and reached the Americas before Columbus.

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Vikings

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Capital of the Byzantine Empire, strategically on the Bosporus, acting as a barrier between Islam and Europe. Fell to the Ottomans in 1453.

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Constantinople

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Pyramid-shaped hierarchical structure in medieval Europe where nobility held lands from a king for military service, vassals were tenants of nobles, and peasants (serfs) worked the land in exchange for protection.

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Feudalism

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This empire, once proud, was weakened by wars with the Sassanids and Turks, loss of trade to Venice and Genoa, and Crusaders using it against Muslims.

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The Byzantine Empire