Post Classical Europe (East and West)

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Across
  1. 1. Marriage, yeast, icons, vernacular, Holy Emperor coronations
  2. 3. Nobody:.... This Germanic Tribe: I'll protect you Roman Catholic Church
  3. 5. A more organized, centralized, fief in the Byzantine Empire
  4. 7. Site of the Rurick Dynasty, what was once Russia is now Ukraine
  5. 9. Angles, Saxons, and William the Conqueror
  6. 10. Power held by the Byzantine Emperor
  7. 13. Restoring Rome to its former glory, standardizing laws, beautifying the capital
  8. 14. Hey Constantinople, nice city you got there... be a shame if someone.. sacked it
  9. 17. Two stolen worms established this Byzantine industry
  10. 19. A beautiful reminder of the Church's power and wealth
  11. 22. Strategic, both militarily but most importantly economically. Location, location, location
  12. 23. Papal interference? I'm not about that life, now fetch me some bacon
  13. 24. With it's roots in the late Roman Empire this ensured a workforce for nobles
Down
  1. 2. Russian, Romanian, and Bulgarian written code
  2. 4. Political organization/fragmentation akin to Japan at this time
  3. 5. Summa cookbook: take a dash of faith and mix it in the bowl with reason
  4. 6. Learning centers in the West but not in the East, the East had schools
  5. 8. A major land owner in Western Europe
  6. 11. Lost land in Syria, N. Africa, Mesopotamia, but not all of this region (two words)
  7. 12. The chess piece a king would want in his pocket
  8. 15. Emptiest title ever given out in the year 800. Basically the ruler of Germany
  9. 16. The Catholization of Spain, date of completion 1492
  10. 18. From this century forward the Byzantines have an unwelcome neighbor
  11. 20. Business empowerment, boosted capitalism, though it was kind of socialist
  12. 21. Among the innovations around the year 800 that boosted the population