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Chapter 17 The Germans
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7th Grade
05/03/2013

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CLANS
Definition
Groups based on family ties
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CHIEFTAIN
Definition
Military leader of a clan
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BLOOD FEUDS
Definition
Fights in which the families of the original fighters seek revenge
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ORDEAL

 

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Definition
Severe trial
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WERGELD
Definition
Court fines
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VANDALISM
Definition
Destruction of property
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THEODORIC THE GREAT
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Declared himself king of Italy in 500 AD
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ALARIC I
Definition
Gothic chieftain who captured Rome in 410 AD
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LATIN
Definition
Language Germans copy from the Romans
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HUNS
Definition
Tribe from Asia that drove the Germans into the Roman Empire
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ATTILA
Definition
Leader of the Huns
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HOSPITALITY

 

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Definition
Everyone is welcome
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FRITIGERN
Definition
Gothic leader who defeated Roman army at Battle of Adrianople
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OATH-HELPERS

 

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Definition
German "defense attorneys" for accused in court
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