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Crusaders |
European Christians who tried to recover the Holy Land (a place where Biblical figures found peace & prosperity) from Muslims from the 11-13th century. |
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Byzantine Empire |
The Eastern Roman Empire that was formed after the fall of the Western Empire in 476. |
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Constantinople |
(Capital of the Byzantine Empire) current name of was once Istanbul. |
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Bosphorus |
A strait that connect the Black and Marmara Sea; 18 miles long |
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Hagia Sophia |
A former Christian patriarchal basilica, then an imperial mosque later on. Current in a museum in Constantinople. |
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Czar |
An emperor or king/an autocratic leader. |
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Roman Empire |
After the post-Republican period of the ancient Roman Civilization, was lead by emperors that lead the government,a 52nd large teritorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe. |
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steppes |
Vast grasslands located in the Southern &Eastern part of Europe & West and Southwest Asian parts of Russia. |
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Huns |
During the 5th century, they were members of a nomdic & warlike Asian people who devastated/controlled large parts of eastern & central Europe who exercised great power under Attilia. |
