Medieval History Study Guide

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Genghis Khan 7x $486 avg J:2 DJ:5
DJ $200 1994 In 1220 Samarkand fell to this Mongol ruler & was destroyed
J $500 2000 Politics, 1206:This leader sets out The Great Yasa, an imperial law code for the Mongols
J $300 1990 In 1206 the Mongols conferred this title, meaning "universal ruler" on Temujin
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William the Conqueror 3 St. Thomas Aquinas 3 Spain 3 Heloise 3 France 3 El Cid 3 Baghdad 3 Bede 3 Robert the Bruce 3 the Mongols 2 Switzerland 2 St. Mark's 2 squirrel 2 shoes 2 Saladin 2 Prince of Wales 2 Paris 2 Oxford 2 Muhammad 2 Moscow 2 Madrid 2 Florence 2 Eleanor of Aquitaine 2 Eleanor 2 Canterbury 2 Assisi 2 Africa 2 William 2 Pope Urban 2 a shogun 2

Medieval

24 answers | 71 clues
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the Crusades 9x $311 avg J:4 DJ:5
DJ $400 2002 While Louis VII of France was off on one of these, Suger the Abbot of St. Denis ran the country in his stead
DJ $600 1986 The Pope offered forgiveness of sins & entrance to heaven if killed to those who took part in these
J $100 1990 The 1st one was organized to fight against the Seljuk Turks, who'd conquered Palestine
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the Vikings 5x 20.0% stumper $540 avg J:1 DJ:4
DJ $200 1990 These Scandinavian adventurers ranged as far east as Persia & as far west as the new world
DJ $1,500 DD 2004 In 911 Charles III of France ceded a big area to Rollo & these warriors, later to be the name of an NFL franchise
J $400 2000 Sports, 911:Charles III of France cedes a big area to Rollo & these warriors, later an NFL franchise
the Hanseatic League 4x $1,200 avg DJ:4
DJ $1,000 1994 At its height some 100 towns belonged to this league of merchants & towns
DJ $1,000 1992 In 1358 this league of North German trading towns made Lubeck its administrative headquarters
DJ $1,200 2016 With its excellent port facilities, Riga, Latvia was an important center of this league of merchant cities
Marco Polo 4x $467 avg J:1 DJ:2 FJ:1
DJ $200 1992 Imprisoned in Genoa, he dictated an account of his visit to the court of Kublai Khan
J $800 2025 The accounts of his 13th century travels to the East were written down by Rustichello da Pisa
FJ 2000 In the Middle Ages, this man introduced fireworks to western Europe
Worth Knowing (20)
the Magna Carta 3 The Canterbury Tales 3 Russia 3 Jerusalem 3 guilds 3 England 3 a vassal 3 King John 3 the Children's Crusade 3 the Dark Ages 2 the Black Plague 2 Roger Bacon 2 Peter the Hermit 2 Gothic 2 feudalism 2 a tournament 2 trial by ordeal 2 the Teutonic Knights 2 the Knights Templar 2 Harold 2

Ancient

17 answers | 43 clues
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Venice 8x $575 avg J:2 DJ:6
J $200 1994 The origins of this city on islands in the N. Adriatic go back to refugees who fled Attila the Hun
DJ $600 1996 Domenico Morosini, who became doge in 1148, extended this city's rule to Istria
DJ $1,000 1989 For 4 centuries, the glassmakers of this Italian city dominated the industry
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Charlemagne 4x $500 avg J:1 DJ:3
DJ $200 1986 Frankish king whose 1-word name meant "Charles the Great"
DJ $1,000 1986 On Christmas Day, 800 A.D., he became the first Holy Roman Emperor
DJ $400 1996 In 813 he personally crowned his son Louis as Holy Roman Emperor
Worth Knowing (15)
the Franks 3 the Byzantine Empire 2 Rome 2 Latin 2 Constantinople 2 Cairo 2 Avignon 2 the troubadours 2 Thomas Aquinas 2 Song of Roland 2 the pope 2 the Ottoman Empire 2 the Holy Roman Emperor 2 the Hapsburgs 2 the Doge 2
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