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