social ch.02
City-states
A city that with its surrounding territory forms a independent state
Hinterland
The often uncharted areas beyond a coastal district or a river's banks
Usury
A illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest
Crusades
Each of a series of medieval military expeditions made by Europeans to the holy land
Monarchy
A form of government with a monarch at the head
ciompi
Wool carders and other hired workers in cloth-making shops in Italy cities