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16 Cards in this Set
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Trace the origins of the term Medieval?
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"Medium aevum" means "middle age" and is the source of the English word, Medieval.
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Explain the transition from Roman Empire to Europe in the late 5th c. CE. What changes occurred in the Roman Empire in the east and west?
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They went back to their originally cultural groups.
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How is the Byzantine empire both an ally and an enemy to the western parts of the newly forming Europe.
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The Byzantine empire considered itself the only true inheritor of the Roman Empire and of the Christian religion. This fact made the empire something somewhere between an ally and an enemy to the west.
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Why was the city Constantinople so important to the Byzantine empire.
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Constantinople was the capital and the greatest city in Christendom. in Terms of wealth, population and political power.
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What does the term polyglot mean?
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A person who speaks, writes, or reads a number of languages.
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What traces of the old Roman Empire in the west still existed in the Byzantine empire in the east.
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As long as the locals behaved then selfs, paid their taxes and contributed men to the army. They were allowed to keep their customs and sometimes even their own laws and government.
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What was Justin the greats one ambition? How was he to achieve this mission?
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To reunite the roman world as a christian empire.
To achieve this he would waged frequent wars and eventually reconquered areas around the Italian peninsula. |
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What is the justinian code, and why was it important to learn about?
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Justinian code defining things such as the property that people could own, how property could be passed on to their heirs and disputes should be resolved.
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What is the difference between Monophysite and orthodox Christians?
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1. Monophysite believed that Christ posses a single divine nature.
2 orthodox Christians believed that Christ was both a human and Devine or god like. |
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What is a war and society?
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Warbands were made of free men who swear an oath of allegiance and military support in return for maintenance, gifts, and plunder.
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How is the barbarian warbands of the west divided? What languages did they speak?
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It was divided by what languages they spoke. Slavic, Celtic, Germanic.
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Who were the goths and how were they divided?
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One of the most prominent Germanic tribes.
They were divided into two groups. Ostrogoths= east Visigoths = west |
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What is the role of woman in the early Middle Ages?
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The woman were thought as prizes to be won by the men.
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Summarize the period of the high Middle Ages. Explain how Christianity and other religious beliefs dominated all aspects of political and social life.
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Christianity was the major force, and wars were waege against Muslims who the church viewed as heretics
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Why did the Black Death start, and how did it spread so fast?
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Rats started to bit people. Rats carried a flea that would then enter you blood stream and kill you.
People lived in densely populated area and the dead were you as weapons. |
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What were the social and economic effects of the plague?
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Social- People turned on each other and killed each other.
Economic- Prices skyrocketed, people went out of business. |
