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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

Crusades

a series of holy wars fought between Christians and Muslims over who would controlJerusalem

Richard the Lionheart

King of England who died while fighting in the Third Crusade

King John

King of England, brother of Richard, who lost all French territory and was forced to signthe Magna Carta

Magna Carta

Great Charter; limited the power of the king in England

Little John

One of Robin Hood’s merry men; sidekick

Friar Tuck

the village priest in the tales of Robin Hood; becomes one of the Merry Men

Marion

woman who becomes Robin Hood’s wife

Godfrey

King John’s most trusted advisor who is playing him for a fool, as he is truly a French spy

Anglos

English tribe who live south of Hadrian’s Wall

Saxons

English tribe who live north of Hadrian’s Wall; known for being vicious

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

Guinevere

Anglo woman who marries Arthur

Sarmatian Knights

the legendary “Knights of the Round Table;” forced to fight for Rome

Lancelot

Arthur’s most trusted knight; in legend he has an affair with Guinevere

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.

Great Wall of China

wall built to protect China from northern invaders

Huns

nomadic tribe which tried endlessly to invade China

Confucianism

a Chinese philosophy that believes in respect, ancestral worship, and education

Romanov

Romanov: Russian noble family from the 17th Century until 1917

Rasputin

A “mystic” advisor to the Romanov family in an effort to heal Alexi Romanov’s hemophilia

Hemophilia

a blood clotting disease; known also as the Royal Disease