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1 S HI R IN F O Z I The U niv er si t y o f Pittsbu r g h He n r y Cl a y F r i c k D e p ar t m e nt of H isto r y o f Ar t a n d Arc hit ec tu r e 104 F r i c k F ine Ar ts B uildin g Pittsb. Greco-Roman Civilization. Romans borrowed ideas from the Greeks.. Romans believed that Greek art, literature, philosophy, and scientific genius were above others.. Blending of Greek, Hellenistic (Greek, Persian, Egyptian, Indian), and Roman culture = Greco-Roman Civilization. Were the Dark Ages really dark?. 310 CE to 1000 CE. (very approximately). Dark Ages or Middle Ages?. Dark Ages. Middle Ages. Gibbon’s book . The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. (1788) set the biased tone. By: Gabe Sander and Jordan Stack. The Rise of Rome:. Etruscans. Rome is believed to be founded in 753 . B.C.E . by Romulus. Etruscan civilization dominates regions with Etruscan kings ruling Rome.. In 509 . Chapter 9. Essential Questions. Why was Rome the center of the Christian world at the beginning of the period?. What purpose does a strong central government serve?. How do you think the Magna Carta affected the development of the U.S. government?. Portugal. Spain. Andorra. United Kingdom. France. Monaco. Luxembourg. Belgium. Netherlands. Germany. Switzerland. Liechtenstein. Italy. San Marino. Vatican City. Malta. Austria. Czech Republic. Slovakia. Germanic tribes such as the Franks, Visigoths, . Burgundians. , . Ostrogoths. , and Vandals take over.. Trade stops, people move out of cities, and the exchange of ideas completely stops.. The Franks emerge as the most powerful of these groups.. Professor Beatrice Heuser. University of Reading. The problem I. HOW TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS INVOLVING CLASHES OF INTERESTS. The . State . solution: . Elected Government. Checks and Balances – . accountability and . History of Christianity. Holy. , Roman Empire 400-1000CE. Fertile Question. What Challenges and Opportunities did the Western Church face with the decline and fall of the Roman Empire?. Roman Empire, Roman Church. Where’d they come from?. They were a Germanic tribe that moved into Gaul during the 400s as the western Roman Empire weakened. They’re from what’s now Belgium.. The mix of the Franks & the Gallic tribes are the ancestors of today’s French.. Trompe l’oeil – “trick of the eye” or “fool the eye,” a two-dimensional artwork designed to make the viewer believe it is in three dimensions. Sarcophagi – Stone coffins used in Roman sculpture. Transformation and Rivalry. The Death of Feudalism. Although vestiges of feudalism survived into Europe’s early modern period, European countries were becoming much more like modern nation-states: solid political units with relatively fixed borders, a sense of national unity, and populations that were mostly homogeneous in terms of language and ethnicity. Fall of Rome. No official date . Sometime during the 5. th. Century the West collapsed.. 410 Visigoths attacked Rome. Overthrew the western emperor in 493.. The last 10 western emperors rarely sat for more than a few years on the throne before they were deposed by invading barbarians.. By: Jason Godin. Archaic funerary monuments . Grave markers in the Archaic period.. Who would get these funerary monuments?. Who would build these funerary monuments?. Where would these funerary monuments be built?. Roman Culture . Food. Ate fruits and vegetables they grew. Ate bread made from cereals they grew. Ate meat from animals and birds. Typically ate 3 meals a day. Rich romans held elaborate dinner parties, could afford to eat more.