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middle ages
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form the middle period in a traditional division of European history into three ages. They were a period of great cultural, political, and economic change in Europe
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fief
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- an estate granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for services and loyalty
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charters
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written document that set out the rights and privileges of a town
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treaty of verdon
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made by Charlemagne’s grandsons and it split the empire into three parts
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knight
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a noble in Europe who served as a mounted warrior for a lord in the Middle
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guilds
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an association of merchants or artisans who cooperated to protect their economic interests
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vassals
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who was granted land in exchange for service and loyalty to a greater lord
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chivalry
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a code of conduct for knights during the Middle Ages
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kaaba
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housed many local gods and goddesses in Mecca
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jihad
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struggle in God’s services
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mecca
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- a bustling market town at the crossroads of two main caravan routes. Center of Islam
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caliph
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- successor to Muhammad
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hijira
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Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina in 622
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hajj
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one of the 5 pillars of Islam - the pilgrimage to Mecca
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medina
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City of the prophet
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