Third, Germanic tribes with their barbaric invasions weakened the Roman Empire which led to disappearance of Roman ways. Although there were a lot of changes within this time period, the Mediterranean region had much continuity such as keeping Christianity as their dominant religion, continued to keep German as their dominant language, and lastly keeping Greco-Roman laws and ideas which shaped the Byzantine Empire political attitude. Religious practices drastically changed during the 300 c.e. period. During Constantine’s reign, the introduction of state-sponsored Christianity drastically converted many people from Roman polytheism to monotheistic Christianity.
However during the middle ages this all seemed to come crashing down, due to civil wars and peoples push for power over the entire Empire. During this time most of the reforms and finding in education seemed to have been lost or destroyed by leaders. By doing this the entire Roman Empire fell and was destroyed. It would take more time after this to relearn everything lost. The Roman Empire went from an elite civilization down into a bunch of warring people fighting for land.
The Empire also had Turkish warriors such as the ghazis whose responsibilities were to ensure the Anatolia conquest. The Empire also ensures the twelve sultans had long reigns that were necessary to create a strong foundation to empire there creating a stable Ottoman Empire. The Suleiman reign created a foundation for the Ottoman Empire. Ottoman was a great state in the West that possessed military power and wealth that no other state could match. Another explanation to the rise of Ottoman Empire is because of the Byzantine Empire fall.
His armies conquered deep into central Asia and he made sure the Turks ,his greatest threat, were taken care of. His frontier units were the most powerful military in the empire and Turkic tribes were forced to become vassals
Astonishing Roman art was also produced during this time. Statues and mosaics celebrated the empire and the former republic. Also, Roman virtue was instilled into the patrician class. They believed that it was the duty of the Romans to serve their empire. By the 600s, the Western empire had completely collapsed.
• The Black Death also known by many as the “bubonic plague” was a very dangerous and contagious disease that destroyed about two-thirds of Europe's population (20-50 million people) the outbreak swept through Europe between 1346 and sporadically until the late 1700’s. This plague continually hit Europe in outbursts for centuries. The Black Death was one of the most severe pandemics to ever hit Europe resulting in dramatic changes to its population, economy, religion, and society. • The Black Death was very dangerous as it spread all over the world and many people were at risk of catching it. The Black
Alcuin wrote the textbooks, word lists, and established the trivium and quadrivium as a basis for the new education. The renaissance also welcomed the Mediterranean Roman art forms, which became influential as well as the architecture, which had a Northern European
World War II was an intense and gory war. It caused greater destruction than any other war in history. The war took the lives of about 17 million soldiers and an even greater number of civilians, who died as a result of bombings, food shortages, and mass murder; an estimated 60 million people in total perished because of the war. World War II began on September 1, 1939 and ended on September 2, 1945. Though for the United States, the war lasted from 1941 to 1945.
“The Black Death, a catastrophic epidemic of the bubonic plague that began in Constantinople in 1347, had decimated Europe, killing (according to some estimates) more than a third of the people of the continent and debilitating its already limited economy.”1 (Brinkley, 2011) Almost 150 years later, the population had recovered and with it an awakening of commerce began. With the establishment of chartered companies and a new concept of economic life, known as mercantilism, there was big interest in goods from distant lands. These new advances allowed the newly founded companies to start up colonies allowing them to export goods found in the New World. This helped avoid having to get them from other countries. They grew an interest in quicker trade routes to the east.
1 Alec Negri February 7th, 2012 Mr. Dini A period Black Death There are a few chapters in every culture’s history that leave future generations in horror; one such chapter still haunts all of Europe. A pandemic that wiped out 30 to 60 percent of Europe’s entire population, and it took approximately 150 years for future generations to overcome the economic, social, religious and political ramifications it created. There is still an ongoing debate as to how this plague entered Europe or where it originated from; but the one theory that has found the most approval believes it originated in China and travelled along the Silk Route to enter Europe from the shores of Italy in the Spring of 1348. It is believed that the plague left Europe