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group of Barbarians that move to the north and west of Europe; big, red hair, passionate
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Celts
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group of Babarians that move to Scotland; covered their body with pictures (1st tattoos
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Picts
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group of Barbarians that moved to Russia/the poles; cooperative, stayed pagan, but didn't fight
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Slavs - where we get the term slaves
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group of barbarians that settle bw the Black Sea and the Roman Empire; Scandinavian, war'like, violent
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Goths
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goths in the West
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Visigoths
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goths in the East
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Ostrogoths
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Roman emperor before Diocletian; arranged a peaceful boundary with the Goths
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Aurelian
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fierce leader of the Hun's
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Attila the Hun
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Roman emperor who allowed the goths to live there as long as they served the Romans; takes advantage of the goths and is eventually killed by them
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Valens
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battle where the goths defeat the Romans
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Battle of Adrianople
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Leader of the goths; attacks and destroys Rome for the first time
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Alaric
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established a kingdom in N. Africa where and constantly attacked Rome; most destructive
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Vandals
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date of the fall of Rome
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476 AD
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sent to rescue Rome from the emperor of Constantinople; son of ostrogoth king so kingdom looks different
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Theodoric
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founder of Islam
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Mohammed
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people group who lived on the edges of the desert; guided caravans; attacked caravans if not guiding them
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bedouins
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where Mohammed lived; most important city in the nation
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Mecca
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hired Mohammed as guide, then married him
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Khadija
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city where Mohammed gained a huge following
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Medina
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Mohammed marched back to Mecca, defeats city and becomes king
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Battle of Madr
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meteorite that had fallen in Mecca; centerpiece of the religion
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The kaaba
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where he Francs defeated the Muslims and drove them back; forced Islam to stay in the desert
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Battle of Tours
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the word of God
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Koran
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sayings/teaching of Mohammed
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Hadith
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leader chosen to replace Mohammed
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Caliphs
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earliest Islamic dynasty; capital city - Damascus then Baghdad
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Umayyads
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overthrow then persecute the Umayyads; supported by the Shiites
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Abassids
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large desert in N. Africa
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Sahara
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desert in S. Africa
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Kalahari
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1st people group/ civilization in Africa; in present day Cameroon; dark-skinned, big and strong
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Bantu
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pushed into the desert by the bantus; no records
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pygmies
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major exporting trading place
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carthage
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caravan guides; most converted to islam and their culture began to change
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Berbers
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1st of the great kingdoms in Africa; "land of gold;" warchief
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Ghana
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overthrew Ghana and ruled for 300 years
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Mali
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Mali's greatest king; converts to Islam; showered gold to everyone
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Mansa Musa
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rivals with Mali, but co-existed peacefully; most advanced
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Songay
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city established under Mali, became one of the greatest cities under Songhay
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Timbuktu
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Got China back on its feet; linked the north and the south; military dynasty; war with koreans; overthrown by rebellions
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Sui dynasty
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unifies the two river valleys in China
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Grand Canal
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Peaceful dynasty; buy off enemies with the wealth of China; tries to make everyone prosperous with equal field system but runs out of land and $ and collapses
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Tang dynasty
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where the govt gave everyone chunks of land; allowed to use it till you turn 60; in return you must give 20 days of labor to China a year
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equal field system
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follow tang's ex. buy off inernal warlords; great artistic time period; not preparted militarily
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Sung dynasty
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overthrew the Sung dynasty; creates the Mongol empire - only warriors
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;Ghengis Khan
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son of Ghengis; in charge of Mongols
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Kublai Khan
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"glorious;" founded by a Buddhist monk; simple life=best life
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Ming dynasty
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Japanese ancient religion
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Shinto
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lords who protected; held land and power
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daimyo
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warriors who fought and served the daimyo
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samurai
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reforms based on Chinese influence in Japan; most important - there should be a ruling dynasty in charge
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Taiko
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split system of govt in Japan; emperor/daimyo
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diarchy
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free agent samurai; mercenaries
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ronin
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strongest daimyo; "supreme military leader"
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shogun
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time period when the shogun was in charge
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shogunate
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"divine wind;" refers to when the Mongols where destroyed by a hurricane and Japan was saved by the gods
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kamikaze
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"the way of the warrior;" key to understanding culture in Japan
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bushido
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boundary of China and Korea
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Yalu River
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1st of the greatest dynasties in Korea; cooperated with Chinese; collapsed when Tangs did
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Silla dynasty
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replaced the sillas; overrun by Mongols and made slaves; made ships destroyed in hurricane
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Koryo dynasty
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developed tutle ships; shut off from the world; advanced
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Yi dynasty
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"tanks of the sea;" armored ships
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turtle ships
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what the Yi dynasty became known as
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hermit kingdom
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ancient military kingdom in Vietnam; cooperated with Chinese; oppressive; lots of rebellions
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Han dynasty
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most famous rebellion in Vietnam
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Trung sisters
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and independent country in Vietnam free of Chinese influence
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Dia Vet
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solved problem bs Germanic and Christian ideals
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purgatory
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an action of doing good or making a payment to make up for doing something bad
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penance
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where each Sunday was linked to a particular event in Jesus' life
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Liturgical Year
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visual reminders ( sculptures, paintings, stained glass windows)
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Iconography
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1st great Christian kingdom; also known as the Francs
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Merovingians
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1st of the great rulers of the Francs
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Childeric
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Childeric's capital; wealthy and elaborate
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Tournai
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Childeric's son; christianizes the Francs
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Clovis
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Person who ran the kingdom
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mayor of the palace
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became mayor of the palace and eventually seizes all power
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Charles Martel
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"the people of Charles"
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Carolingians
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Charles' son;has no title then becomes king; grateful to pope
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Pippin
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answers messenger from pippin - "to who God has given power has the responsibility of being king"
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Pope Zacharias
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attacked and asks Pippin for help
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Stephen III
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people who attack Stephen III
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Lombards
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Land given to pope by Pippin
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papal states
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Pippin's son; conquers and christianizes all of Europe; crowned as Holy Roman Emperor
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Charlemagne
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about one of Charlemagne's campaigns; his men all die but this expresses their deviotion to him
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Song of Roland
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day where Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor
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Christmas Day 800
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