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what was rome main economic problem
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that the soil was no longer fertile, therefor the could not grow enough crops to feed the population
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what were the results for the fall of rome
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the conqust of barbarians and the sack of rome
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what was the main city of the eastern half of the roman empire
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constantipole
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what was the hagia sophia
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it was a byzantine church in constantiople
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what is the arabic word for god
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allah
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who was the founder of islam
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muhammad
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what was the holiest city of islamic religion
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islam
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what si the holy book of islam
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the korean
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deine the turks
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cheif amoung them were ferocioius attacks of a nomadic people from central asia
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eastern roman empire is head of what?
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church and government
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the slavs converted to what religion?
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christianity
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what is the Cyrillic alphabet and where is it used
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it is an alphabet the was invented for the slavic language and is used in some slavic countries
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define guild
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it is an asscaition of people who work of the same occupation
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define feudalism
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a poltical and military systme based on the holding of land, w/ the emphasis on local protection, local gov't and local self-suffiency
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what changed from the fall of rome to the middle ages
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the move of the capital constantiple moved from rome to Byzantine
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early crusadesn were fought to win the holy land from whom?
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muslims
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who were the northern invaders of europe from 800 to 1000 AD
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the vikings
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that was the battle of hastings
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struggle between Harold the Second of England and Duke William of Normandy. The prize to the victor - The throne of England.
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ehat country did the renassiance begin
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in italty
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defien renassiance
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rebirth
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what ere the new values during the renassiance
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to bring back classical culture of greece and rome
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what was the famous family from florence
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medici
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the ideas of the renassicane spread b/c of the inventions of what?
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the printing press
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who painted the sistine chapel
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michelanglo
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define perspective
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a techinigue developed that gives objets the appearence of distance
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define vernacular
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everyday language of his homeland
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what is the another anme for prince henry
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henry the navigator
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what si the purpose of the treaty Tordesillas
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to move the line a fewdegrees farther west
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what was the reason for spains strength increasing during the exploration age
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the discover of gold and silver
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