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22 Cards in this Set
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Robin Hood |
historical legend who “stole” from the king and fought to help the poor in corruptEngland during the Middle Ages |
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Crusades |
a series of holy wars fought between Christians and Muslims over who would controlJerusalem |
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Richard the Lionheart |
King of England who died while fighting in the Third Crusade |
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King John |
King of England, brother of Richard, who lost all French territory and was forced to signthe Magna Carta |
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Magna Carta |
Great Charter; limited the power of the king in England |
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Little John |
One of Robin Hood’s merry men; sidekick |
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Friar Tuck |
the village priest in the tales of Robin Hood; becomes one of the Merry Men |
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Marion |
woman who becomes Robin Hood’s wife |
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Godfrey |
King John’s most trusted advisor who is playing him for a fool, as he is truly a French spy |
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Anglos |
English tribe who live south of Hadrian’s Wall |
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Saxons |
English tribe who live north of Hadrian’s Wall; known for being vicious |
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King Arthur |
Legendary king who resided at Camelot; historical records say he was a Roman soldierwho becomes the first true king of the English people |
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Guinevere |
Anglo woman who marries Arthur |
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Sarmatian Knights |
the legendary “Knights of the Round Table;” forced to fight for Rome
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Lancelot |
Arthur’s most trusted knight; in legend he has an affair with Guinevere |
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Hua Mulan |
Chinese female legend who fought in the Chinese military for many years as a man; Shefought undetected until she was wounded in battle several years later. Many poems were written about her. |
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Great Wall of China |
wall built to protect China from northern invaders |
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Huns |
nomadic tribe which tried endlessly to invade China |
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Confucianism |
a Chinese philosophy that believes in respect, ancestral worship, and education |
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Romanov |
Russian noble family from the 17th Century until 1917 |
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Rasputin |
A “mystic” advisor to the Romanov family in an effort to heal Alexi Romanov’s hemophilia |
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Hemophilia |
a blood clotting disease; known also as the Royal Disease |