A.+Welcome+Page

Throughout this school year, you will be learning about the culture and history of places from Western Europe all the way to Eastern Asia!

On these wiki pages, your assignments will be about you finding those sticky stories that have happened in history, stories to help us understand the many aspects of human nature, and post these stories onto our pages as __Links. __ Here are 24 things - parts of culture, and key historic events - you will come across this school year. Look through them, and when you're done, move on to the next page of this wikispace: "B. Are You New?"

__The Justinian Code: Byzantium's laws - they came from Rome - still influence lawmaking today __

__The Schism: Roman Catholic Church - The Pope - and Eastern Orthodox Christian Church __



__Ivan the Terrible: Russian Autocra__t __Chivalry in Europe during the Middle Ages __



__The Feudal System In Europe During the Middle Ages __ __Lay Investiture: a problem between the Rulers of the State and __ __The Catholic Church __ __The Crusades: Battles between Christians and Muslims __ __The Black Plague: Rats and Fleas are the culprits __ __The Renaissance Age (renaissance means "rebirth") __

__Renaissance Age Humanism __ __The Reformation: Kicked off by Martin Luther __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Predestination: John Calvin style __

__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Mohammed the Prophet and the Angel Gabriel __



__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The Hajj __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The Five Pillars of Islam __



__<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Inventions from China __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Confucious __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Lao-Tzu (Taoism) __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Buddha __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Haiku __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Samurai __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">The Battle of Sekigahara __ __<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 170%;">Bushido in Japan __
 * __THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA__ **