Byzantine Empire
Eastern Roman Empire
Justinian I
Justinian’s Code
Orthodox Church
Mosaics – colored glass tiles
Icon – paintings of releigious figures (saints)
Hagia Sophia – famous church in Constantinople
Middle Ages
Peasants & Serfs
Page(age 7)
Squire – age 14
Knight – age 21, pledged loyalty to Lord in return for land
Chivalry
Vassals
Lords
King/Queen
King vs. Church
Feudalism
Manor
Tithe
Hundred Years War
War of the Roses
Magna Carta- 1215 limited rights of monarchs
Pope- leader of Catholic Church
Three-Field System – grow in 2 fields, leave one field to rest (to regain fertile soil)
Parliament – English government
Crusades- Knights fight Muslims to regain control of Holy Lands
Black Death/Plague- killed millions of Europeans, carried by fleas on rats
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