Global Regents: Unit 2

Gupta Dynasty

India; Golden Age; Created Zero and the decimal system

Byzantine Empire

Eastern portion of the Roman Empire; Constantinople; Justinian

Justinian

Autocrat; Byzantine Empire; Created a collection of laws

Byzantine Influences on Russia

Cyrillic alphabet; Eastern Orthodox Christianity; Mosaics; Onion domes

Islamic Civilization

Golden Age; Advances in math and science; Calligraphy; Medicine

Feudalism

Decentralized political system in which nobles owned land and serfs were tied to the land; Based on exchanges of service and loyalty

Serfs

Peasants tied to the land

Chivalry

Honor code for knights that stressed honor, loyalty, and bravery

Manorialism

Economic system that centered on a lord's manor and was supported by the labor/loyalty of peasants in exchange for military protection

Catholic Church

Most powerful institution in Europe during the Middle Ages

Gothic Style

Form of architecture; Pointed arches reaching towards Heaven on churches

Crusades

Religious wars fought between Christians and Muslims over the Holy Land; "History's most successful failure;" Trade; Cultural Diffusion

Increase of trade between Europe and Asia

Result of the Crusades

Stability and Order

Result of Feudalism in Europe