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Byzantine Empire - An Empire controlling countries around the Mediterranean sea countries like Italy, Greece, and Turkey. Byzantine was simply a modern version of the Roman Empire.

Western Roman Empire: There is a Roman Empire which is divided into the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. When the Western Roman Empire (WRE) fell, the new era of the middle ages began. The WRE was less urbanized and less dense population which made them not being able to afford highly trained soldiers, unlike the Eastern Roman Empire.

Humanism: an outlook or system of though attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural maters (god). Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.  Byzantine: A vast Empire controlling countries around the Mediterranean sea like Italy, Greece, Turkey, and parts of Egypt

Feudal System: A way of government based on obligations between the king and the vassal.

Pestilence: Pestilence is any deadly and highly infectious disease that can cause an epidemic or even a pandemic. An epidemic occurs when new cases of a certain disease (in a given human population and a given period of time) substantially exceeds what is "expected", based on recent experience.

Crusades: These were a series of religious wars started by Christian Europe, most of which include the French and the Roman Empire. Their objectives were to gain back the Holy Land, which was controlled by the Muslims. More specifically where Jerusalem was located. The crusades lasted roughly 200 years, but separate missions by Spain existed until the 15th century.

guild - an organization of craftmen or merchants