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It happened from about 27 BCE to 476 CE.

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Where was this empire? (What current countries were part of this?)

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Where was this empire? (What current countries were part of this?)

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England, France, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden

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What were the major factors that allowed for the Roman Empire to gain so much power?

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What were the major factors that allowed for the Roman Empire to gain so much power?

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Roads, Roman law, Roman customs, wealth, Roman military forces, and the land mass.

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What was the effect/impact on the people in the empire?

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What was the effect/impact on the people in the empire?

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The people were connected by the law and the customs, and were living witha good government.

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What have we borrowed from this ancient culture?

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What have we borrowed from this ancient culture?

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We borrowed art, architecture and engineering, language and writing, and philosophy, law, and citizenship.

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Political instability - When emperor died, people fight to try to take control of empire. When no conflict, emperor's private army picks new emperor, but they only pick ones that will reward them instead of rule responsibly.
Economic and Social Problems - Rome citizens have to pay large taxes in order to keep the big Roman military force, which causes poverty and problems in trade. Unemployment. Farmers could not compete with landowners so fled to city, but not enough jobs for everyone.
Weakening Fronteirs - Big size of empire, hard to defend. Could not communicate fluently. Germanic tribes.

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The year 476

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Led to the creation of Feudalism

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Be able to identify the different levels in the social order during Feudalism

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Be able to identify the different levels in the social order during Feudalism

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Serfs, peasants, knights, lords, monarchs

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Be able to explain the relationships between the people in the different social levels during Feudalism.

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Be able to explain the relationships between the people in the different social levels during Feudalism.

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Monarchs believed God gave them right to rule, but in reality, relied on their vassals (nobles) to provide knights and soldiers.
Lords and ladies lived in manors or castles. Made sure villagers were farming the lord's land and paying rent in the form of crops, meat, and other foods.
Knights followed chivalry. Knights were expected to be loyal to the Church and to their lord, to be just and fair, and to protect the helpless.
Peasants and serfs are foundation for feudal system because they work the land and they provide the upper parts of the pyramids' needs.

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The High Middle Ages (1000 CE) (to 1300s)

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The economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord's protection

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What were the main causes of the decline of Feudalism?

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What were the main causes of the decline of Feudalism?

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Political developments in England, The Bubonic Plague, and the Hundred Years' War

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How did the Church obtain its economic influence and power?

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How did the Church obtain its economic influence and power?

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Church bells rang out to the hours, called people to worship, and warned of danger.

Center of community activity - merchants had shops around the square, farmers sold their produce in the square, markets, festivals, and fairs were held there.

The Church provided education for some people.

It helped the poor and sick.

Taxes and land

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Describe the relationship between the church and the government.

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Describe the relationship between the church and the government.

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Had a hierarchy, similar to the government's, also required taxes so church could stay.
Government didn't like that Church had more power. Kicked Holy Roman Emperor and said he couldn't come there any more.

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What role did the Christianity/ the Church play in the daily lives of people?

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What role did the Christianity/ the Church play in the daily lives of people?

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The Church provided leadership and, at times, even organized the distribution of food. Monasteries, or communities of monks, provided hospitality to refugees and travelers. Monks also copied and preserved old texts, and in this way helped keep both new and ancient learning alive. The spread of monasteries and the preaching of missionaries helped bring new converts to the Christian faith.

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A lot of universities originated from cathedral schools and clergymen schools.

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What was the significance of the Crusades?

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What was the significance of the Crusades?

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The Crusades were a series of military expeditions sent to the land where Jesus had lived, which Christians called the Holy Land. Wanted to take Jerusalem back from Muslims.

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Where did this take place? (Locate on a map)

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Where did this take place? (Locate on a map)

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Naples, Papal States, Siena, Florence, Milan, Genoa, Venice, Sicily, Minor City States.

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1300-1600

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Merchants and traders brought goods from the East, classical information from the Byzantine Empire, and works that came from Muslim Scholars. Scholars studied ancient scrolls, artists and architects started looking at statues and buildings, and this renewed the interest of art.

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Trading made city-states very wealthy. City-states became centers of different things. Rich families helped the society by paying for buildings of art, architecture, religion, statues and avenues.

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From the 1500s to the 1600s.

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In the Catholic Churches of Western Europe. (Germany)

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Humanists thinking against the Catholic Church, worldliness and corruption in the Church, etc.

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Denominations (new religions), reading the bible

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The New World, Africa, South America, Southeast Asia

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What were the most influential countries in exploration?

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What were the most influential countries in exploration?

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Spain, Portugal, England, Netherlands, France

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To find gold, silver, spices, land

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What were the effects of exploration on the countries that sent the explorers out?

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What were the effects of exploration on the countries that sent the explorers out?

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They found new land, wealth, and power. Spanish lost power to the English. Slavery, disease, resources being taken, being converted to Christianity.

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Late 1600s-1700s

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Philosophers, free thinkers, a time period where people are curious about things and want to educate themselves, and struggles they were having with their government.

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A time where there were many advances in science and math

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What was the effect of the Age of Enlightenment?

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What was the effect of the Age of Enlightenment?

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People started questioning the government and wanted to have a say in society