World History People and Places AD 600 - 1300
What Mexican civilization reached it zenith of power in Yucatan around AD 600? | Mayan |
Who fled Mecca in Saudi Arabia in AD 622 in the course of founding a new religion? | Muhammad |
Which group of Moslems, Sunni or Shiite, would only recognize blood descendants of Muhammad as leaders? | Sunni |
Frankish noble who defeated stopped the Moslems from invading France at Tours in 732 AD? | Charles Martel |
French king who conquered and Christianized most of Germany, Spain and Italy in the 8th century AD? | Charlemagne (Charles the Great) |
Norse/Scandinavian raiders who sacked areas of Europe from the 9th to 11th centuries AD? | Vikings |
System of giving land and protection in return for military (knights) or labor (peasants) developed in the 9th century? | Feudalism |
Name for the era of history from the 5th-16th century AD in Europe? | Middle Ages |
What did Pope Urban II call for in 1095 AD free the Holy Land from hostile Moslem Turks? | Crusade |
What did the Christians capture in the First Crusade, 1099 AD? | Jerusalem |
What happened in the Holy Land in 1291 AD? | The last Christians were defeated by the Moslem Turks |