Chapter 10 - The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

William

________ maintained the Anglo- Saxon administrative system in which countries were divided into hundreds.

12th century

The Cistercians played a major role in developing a new activist spiritual model for ________ Europe.

Seljuk Turks

The ________ were a nomadic people from Central Asia who had been converted to Islam and flourished as military mercenaries for the Abbasid caliphate.

Anglo-Saxon army

The ________, consisting mostly of foot soldiers armed with shields, swords, and battle- axes, created a shield wall at the top of a hill.

William

________ maintained the Anglo- Saxon administrative system in which countries were divided into hundreds.

King Canute

________ continued English institutions and laws and even supported the Catholic Church.

Harold Godwinson

After his death, the kingship was taken by ________, who belonged to one of England’s greatest noble families.

Fatimids

An attempt was made in the tenth century to unify the Islamic world under the direction of a Shi’ite dynasty known as the ________.

Crusades

Some historians have argued that the ________ might be considered a ‘‘Christian holy war,’’ whose memories still trouble the relationship between the Muslim world and the West today.