The Medieval Period in Europe was a period of transition from the ancient to the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ world.
Modern
The Medieval Period in Europe covered a span of about 900 to 1,000 years, from the early 7th century CE to the early _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ century CE.
16th
The mighty Roman empire, with which India had established trade relations, began to disintegrate by the end of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ century CE.
5th
Repeated attacks on the Roman empire by Goths, Vandals, and Franks are sometimes referred to as the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ invasions.
barbarian
In 395 CE, the Roman empire was divided into two parts, and the eastern part was known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Byzantium
The capital of the Byzantine empire was Constantinople, which is known today as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Istanbul
By about _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ CE, most Europeans had been converted to Christianity.
900
Famous internationally renowned educational institutions like the universities of Cambridge and Oxford originally evolved from the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
monasteries
As the Church grew in wealth and power, it became conservative and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , demanding total submission.
authoritarian
The holy wars waged by the Christians against the Turks to recover their holy land were called the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Crusades
The Christians led _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ military expeditions against the Turks between the 11th and 13th centuries CE.
eight
The Crusaders learned the use of guns and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ from the Turks, which contributed to the decline of feudalism.
gunpowder
The Third Crusade was a military attempt by European leaders to reconquer the holy land from _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , the sultan of Egypt and Syria.
Saladin
During the Third Crusade, Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I, also known as Frederick Barbarossa, tragically died by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ before reaching the holy land.
drowning
Richard I of England played a vital role in the Third Crusade by conquering _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , the walled Muslim city in the Gulf of Haifa.
Acre
Buddhist literature, particularly the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , mentions Taxila as the capital of the kingdom of Gandhara.
Jatakas
Christian women who devoted their entire lives to spiritual matters and human service were called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
nuns
Separate monasteries designed specifically for women to live in prayer and service were called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or convents.
nunneries
An _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ was a large church, together with a group of buildings in which the monks or nuns lived.
abbey
Because the printing press and paper had not yet been invented, monks painstakingly copied books by hand on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
parchment
Michelangelo, an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the Renaissance period, is famous for painting the ceiling of the _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .