the decline of the Empire took place over around 300 years. Historians have variously dated the final collapse to the sack of Rome in AD410 by the Visigoth king Alaric‚ the deposing of the last Roman emperor by the German chieftain Odoacer in AD476 and the death of Justinian I‚ the last Roman emperor to try to reconquer the western half of the empire‚ in AD565. The reasons for the fall of the empire include military overreach‚ invasion by emboldened tribes of Huns and Visigoths from northern and
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the Romans. There are a total of 10 laws and two statutes were added‚ they helped to organize the prosecution of crimes and to protect the lower class from the legal abuses of the ruling class (Clifford‚ 2004). Justinian Code- Established in 529 A.D. by the Emperor of Byzantium‚ Justinian. Inspired the modern concept of justice and legal maxims are still in use today and formed the foundations of civil law that govern modern western civilization (Clifford‚ 2004). Magna Carta- Established in 1199-1216
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After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 CE‚ new groups and institutions‚ including the Germanic tribes‚ the Catholic Church‚ and the Byzantine Empire‚ played key roles in influencing Western Europe. The Germanic tribes established kingdoms that blended Roman ideas with their own customs‚ the Catholic Church became a powerful institution that united Europe under Christianity‚ and the Byzantine Empire preserved Roman law and governance in the East‚ influencing the West. The collapse of Rome
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World History Review sheet Foundations of Civilization (Prehistory–3000 B.C.): Summary A key to understanding history is studying the five themes of geography: location‚ place‚ ____ ____ ____‚ movement‚ and region. With the help of modern science‚ archaeologists analyze early human remains and reconstruct how early people lived. Historians learn about the past by examining and evaluating written evidence and other records. The earliest period of human history is called the____ ____ ____. Paleolithic
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and soldiers at this time were paid a fix rate. This led to a trend of commanders buying their soldiers’ loyalty through bribes. The title of emperor went to whoever had the resources to pay for a powerful enough army. Civil wars fought over succession became even more drawn out as more people would declare themselves emperor. The appointment of emperor by the senate was just a formality at this point. Appointment would not guarantee an individual’s rise to the throne‚ but would provide some
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We live in a Constitutional Republic‚ in which written laws guarantee us the right to bear arms for protection and the prevention of tyranny. Throughout history‚ people that are considered to be free have owned weapons and slaves alike. The concept of freedom implies that a person has the will to do as one pleases within confines of written laws. Slavery is just the opposite; a person does not possess free will and is completely subservient to a master or a higher authority. Many different empires
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“ The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history‚ resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people” (Black Death). The Black Death with its certain symptoms‚ causes‚ diagnoses‚ and treatments has a long history and has been used in biological warfare. The best known symptom of bubonic plague infected‚ enlarged‚ and painful lymph nodes‚ known as buboes. After being transmitted via the bite of infected fleas‚ the Y. pestis bacteria localize in an
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Roman Empire in the time period 100 AD to 450 AD including the centrality of the emperor in Roman life‚ the Christian church and Rome‚ the rise of the East Empire‚ the fear of the northern Barbarians and Pax Romana One of the main characteristics of the world of Late Antiquity is the centrality of the emperor in life. The Roman populace included their emperors in everything and it was hugely important that emperors were found favourable by the general public. “Pliny pays further tribute to Trajan’s
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stronger. The Muslim nomadic people called the Seljuks had more control and believed it would be easy to conquer this area. The emperor of the Byzantine Empire‚ Alexios I Komnenos‚ was in charge when the Seljuk Turks attacked. He wanted was to make sure that the Islamic people would not overpower and conquer his land. There was nothing left to do so the Byzantine Emperor called for help to Pope Urban II and his people to fight them off (Ellis 238). Even after the “Great Schism” of 1054‚ it was loyal
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BYZANTINE EMPIRE Standard: SSWH4a. Analyze the importance of Justinian‚ include the influence of the Empress Theodora‚ Justinian’s Code‚ and Justinian’s efforts to recapture the west. b. Describe the relationship between the Roman and Byzantine Empires; include the impact Byzantium had on Moscow and the Russian Empire‚ the effect of Byzantine culture on Tsar Ivan III and Kiev‚ and the rise of Constantinople as a center
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