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What was the holy war?

The expansion of the Islamic faith through military conquests.

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First Visigothic king to convert to Catholicism (587):

Reccared .

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Visigothic king who established the legal unification of the kingdom:

Recceswinth

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Visigothic king who repealed the law banning mixed marriages:

Liuvigild .

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Last Visigothic king:

Roderic .

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Advisory body of nobles and clergy of the Visigothic kingdom:

Aula Regia .

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First single law for the whole Visigothic kingdom:

"Liber Iudiciorum".

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Visigothic art was incluenced by....

the Church, Roman tradition and Germanic influences.

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One of the most distinctive architectural features that the Visigoths contributed is...

the horseshoe arch, which framed the entrance and interior of the churches.

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What was the direct result of the Germanic attacks on cities?

Constant terror, impoverishment and the abandonment of cities.

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Why did trade slow down?

Basically because travel was so dangerous.

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What does it mean to entrust yourself?

To offer yourself to a lord (landowner with a fortified house and armed soldiers) who could protect you from attacks.

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What is self-sufficiency?

To produce what you consume yourself.

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What were Visigothic villages like?

They were small and surrounded by a palisade. They had wooden houses with straw roofs.

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Constantinople was founded in 330 on the site of Greek city of Byzantium on the Bosphorus Strait. True or false?

True

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The Byzantine Empire achieved great economic prosperity in the 6th century. True or false?

true

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