Middle Ages

K. Mendoza (United States of America)
Middle Ages or Dark Ages?
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  1. Crusade
    any of the more or less continuous military expeditions in the 11th to 13th centuries when Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims
  2. minister
    a person authorized to conduct religious worship
  3. peasant
    one of a class of agricultural laborers
  4. Christianity
    a monotheistic system of beliefs and practices based on the Old Testament and the teachings of Jesus as embodied in the New Testament and emphasizing the role of Jesus as savior
  5. Jerusalem
    capital and largest city of the modern state of Israel
  6. disciple
    one who believes and helps spread the doctrine of another
  7. Islam
    the monotheistic religious system of Muslims
  8. feudalism
    the social system in which vassals were protected by lords
  9. Quran
    the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
  10. heresy
    a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
  11. pilgrimage
    a journey to a sacred place
  12. mosque
    a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret
  13. vassal
    a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord
  14. caliph
    the civil and religious leader of a Muslim state
  15. serf
    (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
  16. papacy
    the government of the Roman Catholic Church
    Pope is the head of the church and government.
  17. Mecca
    joint capital of Saudi Arabia
  18. caliphate
    the territorial jurisdiction of a Muslim civil leader
  19. fief
    a piece of land held under the feudal system
  20. Muslim
    a believer in or follower of Islam
  21. Roman Catholic Church
    the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy
  22. Orthodox Church
    derived from the Byzantine Church and adhering to Byzantine rites
  23. Sufi
    a Muslim who represents the mystical dimension of Islam
  24. sharia
    the code of religious law derived from the Quran
  25. Byzantine Empire
    a continuation of the Roman Empire in the Middle East after its division in 395
  26. hajj
    a pilgrimage to Mecca that is a religious duty for Muslims
  27. hadith
    (Islam) the way of life prescribed as normative for Muslims on the basis of the teachings and practices of Muhammad and interpretations of the Koran
  28. Allah
    Muslim name for the one and only God
  29. Shia
    one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
  30. Sunni
    a member of one of the two main branches of orthodox Islam
Created on Thu Oct 17 14:38:58 EDT 2024 (updated Wed Oct 30 10:36:46 EDT 2024)

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