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a class of powerful, well to do people who enjoy a high social status
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gentry
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a member of a monadic group that herds domesticated animals
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Pastoralist
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a group of people descended from a common ancestor
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Clans
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universal ruler of the Mongol clans
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Genghis Khan
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most famous european venetian trader to visit china
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Marco Polo
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one of the professional warriores who served Japanese feudal lords
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Samurai
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in feudal Japan, a supreme military commander who ruled in the name of the emperor
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Shogun
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the era in European history that followed the fall of the Roman Empire, lasting from about 500 to 1500 also called the medival period
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Middle Ages
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worldly
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Secular
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Charles the Great
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Charlemagne
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a family's payment of one-tenth of income to a church.
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Tithe
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a medival poet and musician who traveled from place to place, entertaining people with songs of courtly love
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Troubadour
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one of the Christian ceremonies in which God's grace is transmitted to people
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Sacrament
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the body of laws governing the religious practices of a Christian church
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Canon Law
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A person who holds controversial opinions, especially one who publicly dissents from the officially accepted dogma of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Heretic
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the taking away of a person's right of membership in a christian church
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excommunication
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pope who issued a call for a holy war, a Crusade, to gain control of the holy land
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Urban II
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one of the expeditions in which medival Christian warriors sought to recover control of the Holy Land from the Muslims
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Crusade
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a roman catholic tribunal for investigating and prosecuting charges of heresy--especially the one active in Spain during the 1400s.
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Inquisition
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a medieval association of people working at the same occupation which controlled its members wages and prices
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Guild
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the everyday language of people in a region or country.
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Vernacular
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"Great Charter"--a document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, drawn up by nobles and approved by King John in A.D. 1215
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Magna Carta
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a division in the medieval Roman catholic Church, during which rival popes were established in Avignon and in Rome.
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Great Schism
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relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the father.
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Patrilineal
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relating to a social system in which family descent and inheritance rights are traced through the mother
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Matrilineal
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Arabic-influenced Bantu language that is used widely in eastern and central Africa
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Swahili
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a hard, glassy volcanic rock used by early peoples to make sharp weapons
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Obsidian
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a period of European history, lasting from about 1300-1600 during which renewed interest in classical culture led to far-reaching changes in art, learning, and views of the world
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Renaissance
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a true "REnaissance man" painter, sculptor, and scientist. Painted the Mona Lisa, and a religious painting the Last Supper.
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Leonardo da Vinci
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painter, sculptor, poet, and architect. He designed the St. Peter's Basilica, painted the Sistine Chapel celing, and sculpted the Statue David.
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Michelangelo
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an imaginary land described by Thomas Moore in his book Utopia
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Utopia
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a 16th-century movement for religious reform, leading to the founding of Christian churches that rejected the pope’s authority
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Reformation
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a monk who wrote 95 Theses (formal statements) and tacked them to the castle door. Began Reformation
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Martin Luther
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to cancel or put an end to
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annul
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a member of a Christian church founded on the principles of the Reformation
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Protestant
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King of England, had many wives. Strong Roman Catholic who attacked Martin Luther’s teachings.
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Henry VIII
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the doctrine that god has decided all things beforehand, including which people will be eternally saved
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predestination
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a government in which the ruler is viewed as a devine figure
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theocracy
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members of the Society of Jesus, a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Ignatius of Loyola
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Jesuits
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a person who supports artists, especially
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patron
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reinvented the movable type; craftsman
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Johann Gutenberg
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a pardon releasing a person from punishments due for a sin
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Indulgences
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a member of an elite force of soldiers in the Ottoman Empire
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janissary
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a beautiful tomb in Agra, India built by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan for his wife Mumtaz Hahal
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Taj Mahal
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