Across
- 5. relating to religion
- 7. reason for doing something
- 8. (sarcastic) quick trips to the Holy Land
- 11. ice, to ward the plague— according to Syrians
- 12. growths from Black Death; smelled horrible
- 14. what the Christians called Jerusalem
- 15. someone who pledges their allegiance to a lord
- 17. a series of trade routes in one region connected together
- 19. economic, political, and social system where lords manage small, decentralized farms based on manors
- 22. the exchange of commitment between a feudal lord and vassal
- 23. 99% of the feudal population; farm laborers and crafstmen
Down
- 1. religion of the eastern former Roman Empire
- 2. city in the center of everything; burned down several times
- 3. head of both the Catholic Church and the feudal pyramid
- 4. someone who believes Jesus is the son of God
- 6. if I had to live in the Middle Ages, I’d like to be a ____!
- 7. Mali’s much-loved, modernizing, mighty Mansa
- 9. a lack of workers due to poor conditions, low paying jobs, or external factors
- 10. follower of Islam
- 13. Mali’s less glittering export
- 16. king
- 18. religion derived from the Abrahamic Torah that calls for strict adherence to Allah’s tenets
- 20. widespread disease
- 21. pay/compensation for labor