PPT-Warm Up: What happened to Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire?

In the East the Byzantine Empire became a center for trade amp GrecoRoman culture The Middle Ages In the West Europe grew weak amp fell into the Middle Ages from 500 to 1300 Also known as the Dark Ages or Medieval era . © Student Handouts, Inc.. www.studenthandouts.com. What was the Roman Empire?. There were two periods of Roman government.. Roman Republic . 509 BCE-30 BCE. Roman Empire. 30 BCE-476 CE. Rome technically had an “empire” under the Roman Republic.. © Student Handouts, Inc.. www.studenthandouts.com. End of the Roman Empire. 476 C.E.. Traditional date for the end of the Roman empire. “Barbarian” Germanic general . Odoacer. deposed the . last Western Roman . World History - Libertyville HS. Effect of Disintegration of W Roman Empire. Germanic tribes settled throughout old Roman Empire. Ostrogoths. – Italy. Saxons – England / NW Germany. Visigoths – Spain. World History - Libertyville HS. Effect of Disintegration of W Roman Empire. Germanic tribes settled throughout old Roman Empire. Ostrogoths. – Italy. Saxons – England / NW Germany. Visigoths – Spain. © Student Handouts, Inc.. www.studenthandouts.com. What was the Roman Empire?. There were two periods of Roman government.. Roman Republic . 509 BCE-30 BCE. Roman Empire. 30 BCE-476 CE. Rome technically had an “empire” under the Roman Republic.. 5.5. What caused the Decline?. Economic Problems. Foreign Invasion. Decline in traditional values. Dividing the Roman Empire. Political Violence. The . Pax. . Romana. comes to an end with the death of Marcus Aurelius in 180. 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.. . THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE. THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE WAS:. A LOT SMALLER . A LOT RICHER . A LOT EASIER TO DEFEND. **BECAUSE OF THIS IT WAS ABLE TO DEFEND ITSELF AGAINST ZE GERMANS AND ZE HUNS.. BUT IT KEPT A LOT OF ROME TOO:. 425-434. Popey. Greecy. 1. In what respects did Byzantium continue the patterns of the classical Roman Empire? In what ways did it diverge from those patterns. ?. Continued Patterns p. 427 and p. 432. Civil war, political upheaval, the plague and a divided Empire. The Decline. Following a series of . civil infighting. , mostly over who was to be the new Emperor. Rome found itself under . military rule . Explain the changes in European society after the fall of the . Roman Empire.. Key Vocabulary. Vernacular – the change of the Latin language from region to region.. Monasteries – religious communities that were the only centers of learning during the Middle Ages.. Who moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople?. The Roman Empire. The Byzantine Empire. Chapter . 11, . Section 3. World History. Alabama Course of Study. Standard Six: . Trace the expansion of the Roman Republic and its transformation into an empire, including key geographic, political, and economic elements.. Have out your map of Europe and prepare to discuss your three questions. . What makes Europe similar to and different from the Middle East?. How has Europe changed politically since 1300?. Why do you think there are so many small countries . Reanissance. ). 400-1453 (1492) CE.. The Roman Empire at its Height. The Roman Empire became huge. It covered most of Europe, North Africa, and some of Asia. The Empire reached its height under Emperor Diocletian (284-305 CE).