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| Christainity in western and central Europe |
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| The Capital of the Byzantine Empire, located in Byzantium |
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| the dividing line between Asia and Europe |
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| Division of Christianity in the West |
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| The first great Byzantine Ruler |
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| The wife of Justinian. He relied heavily on her advice |
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| the official body of law of the Byzantine Empire |
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| Regained Byzantine provinces and crushed the persians near the ruins of the ancient city of Nineveh |
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| a fiery explosive liquid shot from tubes. It was used by the Byzantines to destroy Arabian ships. |
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| from France. Drove the Byznatines from Italy |
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| a people from central Asia. They adopted Islam. They conquered much of the Byzantine Empire |
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| Christian missions against the Muslims |
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| accepted Islam and began to build an empire. They conquered the Byzantine Empire |
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| a prophet in Mecca. The founder of Islam |
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| the book that Muslims believe contains the words of Allah |
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| what Muslims are expected to follow. Includes confessing that Allah is God and Mohammad is his prophet |
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| Mohammad moved here from Mecca |
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| "emigration" Mohammad and his follower's movement from Mecca to Medina |
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governed in accordance with Muslim law
defined in the Koran |
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| The Franks haulted the spread of the Muslim faith |
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| a collection of sayings, stories, and actions of the Prophet on a wide range of topics |
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| followed traditional teachings and established practices as defined by the consensus of the Muslim community |
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| believed only the decsencdents of Muhammad should be rulers of Islam |
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| the cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad |
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| were based in Baghdad, led during the golden age |
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| wrote a medical encylopedia |
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| offered proofs for God's existence based on Aristotelian logic |
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| wrote on every field of knowledge |
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| insisted that the Koran did not oppose the study of philosophy |
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| language spoken in the Arab empire from Spain to India |
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| language spoken in the Arab empire from Spain to India |
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| led the Mongols who were from central Asia. Took over much of the Muslim world. |
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| a Mongolian leader. He cowed the opposition with huge pyramids built from the skulls of thousands of slaughtered victims. |
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| the Ostrogoth ruler of Italy. He retained the Roman Senate, civil service, and schools; |
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| in Gaul maintained Roman law for their conquered subjects |
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| in Spain maintained Roman law for their conquered subjects |
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| a Frankish ruler who wore Roman imperial colors and took Roman titles. |
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He was the last Latin-speaking scholar of the Roman world to have mastered the Greek language and to have intimate knowledge of Greek philosophy.
He wrote the Consolation of Philosophy |
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| a Neo-Platonist philosopher |
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| he wrote History of the Goths. He established a monastic library containing Greek and Latin manuscripts. And advocated higher education to improve the quality of the clergy. |
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| wrote an encyclopedia called Etymologiae |
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| written by Isidore of Seville |
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| began the conversion of the Irish to Christianity. |
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| wrote commentaries on Scripture and translated the fourth Gospel (Saint John's) into Anglo-Saxon. He wrote Ecclesiasticla History of the English People |
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| the last Germanic people to settle in once-Roman lands. |
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| became pope. he was one of the ablest medieval popes. |
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| united the various Frankish tribes and conquered most of Gaul |
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| subjected all Frankish lands to his rule. He defeated the Muslims at the battle of Tours |
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| the son of Charles Martel. Conquered the Lombards. Was crowned King |
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| annointed Pepin again as the king of the Franks |
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| (Charles the Great) He destroyed the Lombard kingdom and declared himself king of the Lombards. |
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| served as a buffer between the Christian Franks and the Muslims in Spain |
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| crowened Charlemagne the emperor of the Romans |
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| a monk who went to Frisia to restore the churches that had been destroyed when the Frisians revolted against the Frankish rule. |
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| a convent founded by Saint Boniface |
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| Archbishop of Cuthbert of Canterbury |
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| expanded schools and libraries and promoted the copying of ancient manuscripts and imposed basic literary standards on the clergy in France |
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| Charlemagne's son. He wanted to preserve Charlemagne's empire but he couldn't. |
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| The Treaty of Verdun in 843 |
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| divided the empire amoung Louis' three sons |
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was given the Eastern part of the Empire. Which marked the beginning of
Germany Son of Louis the Pious |
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| son of Loius the Pious was given the western part. Which was the start of France |
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| son of Loius the Pious. was given the Middle Kingdom. |
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| settled in what is now Hungary. The became Christians |
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| from Scandinavia. Excellent seaman. |
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| the way medieval society was structured. There were lords, vassls and serfs. |
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| a knight who pledged loyalty to a lord |
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| Peace of God and the Truce of God |
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| restrictions that limited feudal warfare to certain days of the week and certain times of the year |
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| a nun who produced poetry, history, and plays. |
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