Vocabulary

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Chapter 1
fresco
mural
cathedral
mosaic
philosophy
scribe
aquaduct
vault
dome
proverb

Chapter 6
public works
patriarch
liturgy
icon
schism
Byzantine Empire
Constantinople
Justinian I
Theodora
Eastern Orthodox Church

Chapter 7
caravan
plateau
nomad
sedentary
barter
irrigate
terrace 

Chapter 8
boycott
dynasty
province
clan
monotheist
garrison
siege
convert
polytheist
prophet
People of the Book

Chapter 16
Imperial China
dynasties
Mandate of Heaven
bureaucracy
aristocracy
meritocracy
civil service examination
warlord
government by foreigners

Chapter 17
agriculture
commerce
urbanization
economy
currency
harrow
chain pump
barge

Chapter 19
maritime
observatory
tribute
tributary
cultural exchange
foreign contacts

Chapter 2
fief
monarch
noble
barbarian
Christianity
feudalism
Roman Catholic Church
Divine Right of Kings
duke
chivalry
moat
pope
armor
manor
pope

Chapter 3
barbarian
Christianity 
feudalism 
fief
noble
manor
pope
chivalry
Divin Right of Kings
Roman Catholic Church
monarch
hierarchy
armor
moat
duke

Chapter 4
charter
guild
journeyman
leprosy
apprentice
minstrel
domain
common law
bubonic plague
Jew
commerce

Chapter 5
habeas corpus
commoner
crossbow
longbow
truce
heretic

Chapter 28
humanities
republic
city-state
patron
perspective