the Roman Empire. | 16. Romulus Augustulus- is the last Western Roman reigning from 31 October 475 until 4 September 476. | 17. the Germans- The Germans is the sixth episode of the BBC sitcom Fawlty Towers | 18. Eastern half of the empire- Byzantine Empire was the Roman
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change of the rupture of Rome into two separate empires in 284 C.E‚ broke down the powerful structure of a united society. Because of the separation‚ the western half of the empire fell to nomadic invaders. The eastern side‚ however‚ evolved into the Byzantine Empire and lasted well past 6000 C.E. As well as many other aspects of the culture that split when Rome divided‚ Christianity separated into two parts. The western half‚ before its fall‚ adopted Catholicism while the eastern half adopted Orthodox
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The Fall of the Roman Empire • Emperor Marcus Aurelius (reigned A.D. 161-180) – the end of his reign caused a loss of peace and prosperity: the Pax Romana • Tribes outside boundaries and pirates in the Mediterranean disrupted trade • Had no new sources of silver and gold and as a result the government raised taxes • Government starts minting coins with less silver and made more money with the same amount of metals which caused inflation- a drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise
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Social Institution Social institutions are the building blocks of development. These institutions—traditional and modern; at the community‚ local‚ regional and national levels; and in the public‚ private and "civil" sectors — are the vehicles through which social change and social action occur. Definition: Groups of persons banded together for common purposes having rights‚ privilages‚ liabilities‚ goals‚ or objectives distinct and independant from those of individual members. Social Institutions
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Foundations 14% of the AP Exam Climate Climate has been a major factor in determining where people settled. Peopled settled in areas that has climates that would accommodate agriculture and livestock. Time Periods • The Paleolithic Age refers to about 12‚000 BC. During this time people were nomadic. • The Neolithic Age refers to the age from about 12‚000 BC to about 8000 BC. It is during this time that people settled in communities and civilization began to emerge. • River Valley Civilizations
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while Rome had decreased‚ and although‚ the Byzantines spoke Greek and Latin‚ they considered themselves Romans‚ but they also followed a different form of Christianity. In the west there was a pope (the head of the roman catholic church)‚ and in the east there was a patriarch‚ and ever since the fall
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600-1450 C.E. 27. Where and when did the Kush and Axum civilizations develop‚ and what were their major industries for trade? The Kush and Axum civilizations developed to the south of Egypt in the upper reaches of the Nile river. Kush developed at about the same time as ancient Egypt‚ and at one point around 750 B.C.E. actually conquered it. Less than a hundred years later‚ however‚ Kush retreated southward back to its capital at Meroe‚ where it became the center of ironworks and trade. After the
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The Crusades began in 1095‚ when the Byzantine Emperor in Constantinople sent an ambassador to The Pope Urban II in Italy asking for military help against the growing Turkish threat. The Pope responded immediately by telling the Catholic soldiers to join the First Crusade. Their goal was to conquer the Holy Land from the Muslims. The pope also wanted to reunite the Eastern and Western empires so he decided to create conflict between Muslim Empire hoping for a reunion. Basically‚ he wanted Christians
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He crossed the Danube twice and plundered the Balkans‚ but was unable to take Constantinople. His unsuccessful campaign in Persia was followed in 441 by an invasion of the Eastern Roman the Byzantine Empire‚ the success of which encouraged Attila to invade the West. He also attempted to conquer Roman Gaul which is modern France and crossing the Rhine in 451 and marching as far as Aurelianum before being defeated at the Battle of the Catalaunian
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sure that these areas would be completely Christian. Urban wished to expand the Church’s sphere of influence to those previously Christian parts of Europe and Northern Africa which had been overrun by the Islamic world.. In March of 1095‚ the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comnenus appealed to the papacy for military aid to help against increasingly hostile neighbours. In 1095 the Seljuk Turks had come within one hundred miles of Byzantium or Constantinople‚ and they were thought to be threatening
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