Post-Classical Era

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  1. 4. Islamic dynasty that ruled during the Golden Age of Islam and emphasized learning and trade
  2. 6. LAND, Region sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, including Jerusalem
  3. 9. Leader of the Muslim community after Muhammad’s death
  4. 10. Economic system centered around the manor
  5. 11. Powerful religious institution that influenced social, political, and economic life in medieval Europe
  6. 12. Abbasid capital and center of learning
  7. 14. PLAGUE, Disease that spread through trade routes in the 1300s
  8. 15. AGE, The period of learning and innovation under the Abbasids
  9. 16. Head of the Roman Catholic Church during the Middle Ages
  10. 17. First major Islamic dynasty that expanded the Muslim empire through military conquest
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  1. 1. System where land was exchanged for loyalty and protection
  2. 2. Church punishment that excluded a person from participating in religious life
  3. 3. Military expeditions to capture the Holy Land
  4. 5. A peasant bound to the land in medieval Europe
  5. 7. 10% tax given to the Catholic Church
  6. 8. A person who received land from a lord in exchange for loyalty and military service
  7. 9. Empire ruled by a caliph
  8. 13. Large estate in medieval Europe that included farmland and peasant villages