Chapter 13 - European Middle Ages

Roman civilization

________ was unified through loyalty to the government and written law.

Otto

________ I, sometimes known as ________ the Great, was the most powerful ruler in medieval Germany.

Magyars

The ________, a nomadic population from what is now Hungary, attacked from the east.

Germanic culture

________ was held together by family ties and personal loyalty rather than citizenship in a public state.

China

In ________, the Zhou Dynasty governed from roughly the 11th century B.C.

Gregory

The papacy became a secular, or worldly, entity involved in politics under ________.

Stone castles

________ were enclosed by enormous walls and guard towers by the 1100s.

Peasant women

________ produced children and cared for their families while doing ceaseless labor around the house and in the fields.

Feudal lords

________ raised private armies of knights to defend their lands.

Gregory

________ I, often known as ________ the Great, was elected Pope in 590.

Magyars

The ________, who were excellent horsemen, surged across the Danube River plains and conquered western Europe in the late 800s.

Gregory

________ expanded the papacy's authority, or pope's office, beyond its spiritual position as head of the Church in Rome.