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Post-Classical Era (600 CE – 1450 CE) Exam Study Guide
***Define and explain the significance (why they are important) of the following terms in relation to the Post-Classical Era.
*** Any terms that you do not recognize, utilize your resources (textbook, Loudoun VISION, reputable Internet sources,
classmates, teachers) to inform yourself on the term. This study guide is not comprehensive, there may be terms on your exam
that are not listed below. This is merely to serve as a guide in your preparation. This is your last Unit Exam of the year,
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Byzantine Empire
Emperor Constantine
Constantinople
Byzantium
Justinian
Great Schism
Patriarch
Bureaucracy
Eastern Orthodox Church
Reconquest of Roman Territory
Walls of Constantinople
Sacking of Constantinople
(Crusades)
Fall of Constantinople (1453)
Ottoman Turks
Code of Justinian
Hagia Sophia
Istanbul
Eastern Europe
Kievan Rus
Rise of Russia
Slavic Peoples
Ivan III (the Great)
Moscow
Islam
Allah
Five Pillars
Muhammad
Ka’bah
Qu’ran (Koran)
Spread of Islam
Ummah
Mecca
Medina
Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates
Caliph
Baghdad
Cordoba
Battle of Tours (Also for W.
Europe)
Dome of the Rock
Abu Bakr
Sunni and Shi’a Split
Comparisons with Judaism and
Christianity
Mosques
Minarets
Accomplishments during the
Islamic Golden Age
Siege of Baghdad (Mongols)
Western Europe
Life in the Middle Ages
Feudalism
Manorial system
The Ordeal
Role of the Catholic Church
Monasticism
Bishops
Pope
Clergy
Church Hierarchy
Pope Urban II
Knights
Lords/Nobles
Vassals
Fief
Serfs
Castles
Nation-States
France
Joan of Arc
Hugh Capet
England
William the Conqueror
Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and
Magyars
Parliament
Hundred Years’ War
Crusades
Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
Richard the Lionheart
Saladin
Jerusalem
Spain
King Ferdinand and Isabella
Moors
Reconquista
Spanish Inquisition
Teutonic Knights
Holy Roman Empire
Clovis
Charles Martel (the Hammer)
Charlemagne
Holy Roman Empire
Franks
Anglo-Saxons
Rise of Towns and Villages
Mongol Empire
Khanates/ Khanate of the
Golden Horde
Genghis Khan (Chinggis Khan)
Renaissance
Italian Renaissance
Northern Renaissance
Causes of the Renaissance
Medici Family
Johannes Gutenberg
Niccolo Machiavelli
Leondaro Da Vinci
Raphael
Michelangelo
Humanism
Vernacular
Secular vs. non-secular
Petrarch
Shakespeare
Erasmus
Jan van Eyck
Sir Thomas More
Renaissance Works of Art
and Literature
Mona Lisa
David
Sistine Chapel
The Last Supper
School of Athens