Medieval+period+vocabulary+and+crossword+clues

fief payment of land to a knight for service ||
 * Roman empire || 2 words for large region which broke into small self governing groups after 476 AD ||
 * Stone castle || 2 words for building as defense against surprise attacks from enemies ||
 * Middle ages || 1000 years of warfare and bloodshed between end of Roman Empire and beginning of Modern times ||
 * Charlemagne || French king who brought order to Europe between 786 and 814 ||
 * knights || landowners who developed into soldiers to meet challenge of constant warfare ||
 * chivalry || strict code of honor requiring loyalty, justice, protection of the innocent ||
 * page || 8 to 9 year old boy who went to train at a Knights household ||
 * Squire || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Mid teenager who went to help a knight in battle ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">vassals || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Military officers of a landowner paid with pieces of land
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">feudalism || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">political system of payment of service in return for land or protection ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">serfs || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">poor farmers who lived on manor lands, they gave the landowner part of their crops in return for protection ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">crop rotation || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 words for changing what is grown on a plot of land and allowing some land to rest for a year ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">watermill || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 words for invention which turns running water into power to grind grain into flour ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">guilds || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">groups formed to prevent unfair competition and set quality standards ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Middle class || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 words for level of society between the nobility and the serfs ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">cathedral || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">house of worship that reflected the Church's power and influence ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">monarchy || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">government headed by a king or Queen ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Magna Carta || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 words for document signed in England in 1215 which limited the power of the King and provided rights to citizens ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Mongols || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">nomadic people who tended their herds on the plains of Asia ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Genghis khan || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 names for person who united the Mongols in 1206 ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Mongol empire || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 words for empire stretching from Europe to the Pacific Ocean ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Ogdai || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">took over the Mongol empire from his father Genghis Khan ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Kublai Khan || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">grandson of Genghis Khan ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Marco polo || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 names for traveler who went to China with his father and uncle ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Black death || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 words for disease which killed millions across Asia, Europe and Africa ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">plague || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">disease carried across a large area ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">bubonic plague || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 words for plague carried by flea bites ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">pneumonic plague || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">2 words for plague caused when an infected person coughs ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Fief || <span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 21px;">Payment of land to a knight for service ||