Western Roman Empire
Roman Catholic branch of Christianity
Fall of Rome 467
Dark Ages
Superstitious
Illiteracy
Church more popular – monestaries
Clovis – King of Franks
Charlemagne – Holy Roman Empire
Feudalism
Ordeals – fire, water, combat
Peasants – harsh punishments
Crusades
Black Death
Renaissance
Eastern Orthodox Roman Empire
Orthodox Christianity
Constantine – Constantinople capitol city
Justinian – Emperor almost takes over whole Roman Empire again around 600 AD
Bubonic Plague – stops Justinian
Islamic Empire
Middle East
Muhammad 622 founder of Islam
Mecca – Holy City to Islam
Mosque
Islamic Empire spreads due to 1. not forcing people to change religion 2. made improvements to infrastructure 3. used existing systems to govern
Jerusalem – Dome of the Rock (mosque)
Baghdad – largest city where the House of Wisdom is
House of Wisdom – scholars come to Baghdad to compete for jobs – they develop advancements in many areas
Islamic scholars translate Greek & Roman texts into arabic that are later taken by Crusaders back to Europe
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what do we need to know about the western empire?????
shanice added these pithy words on
Nov 18 09 at
4:15 pm
