1. Europe classic & medieval (Hirst.) Flashcards
How did European civilization impose itself on the rest of the world?
-Conquest
-Settlement
-Economic Power
-Power of ideas
… is considered unique because it is the only civilization that has imposed itself on the world
European civilisation
What 3 factors was European civilization made up of?
-Ancient Greek & Roman culture
-Christianity
-Culture of German warriors who invaded Rome
Europe’s intellectual endeavors take us back to …?
Ancient Greek
… was made out of little cities/ states. They wanted to belong to states/clubs
Ancient Greek
… emerged in these little Greek cities
The first form of democracy
Greeks encountered… in Europe when they started to expand themselves to Western Europe
Roman in Italy
Roman Empire
-Was inspired by the Greeks
-Most of Europe (Excluding Scotland and Ireland)
-Northern Africa & Minor Asia
Aspect Romans were better at than Greeks
-Fighting
-Law
-running their empire
Roman did acknowledge…
that Greeks were better in all other aspects
… spread through the Roman empire
Christianity
In what year did the German warrior invade the Roman empire?
1400
The world is simple, logical, and mathematical
Greek and Roman learning
The world is evil; only Christ can save
Christianity
Fighting is fun
German warriors
… seized holy books, confiscated churches, and touched people who would not deny …
Roman - Christianity
Romans were against Christianity because…
Romans were not against religion. They were against people who did not worship the emperor. Christians would not do so because in their beliefs they could only worship god
When/How did Christianity become expected in the Roman Empire
Christianity became accepted in the Roman Empire after emperor Constantine became religious and gave support to the religion in 312 AD. He supported the religion by funding churches and endorsing Christian rules and law. In 312 the religion became prominent in the empire.
How did the German Warrior take over the Roman empire?
German warriors did not want to invade the Roman empire they meant to plunge it. But there came to many germans over which did not leave any place for emperors to rule over.
How did the Roman Empire become Christian?
When the German warriors came over they created little kingdoms in the places they took over. They made themselves kings over these little places. To gain more power the kings declared their loyalty to the church because of this Christianity became very envorsed turning the Roman empire into a Christian state.
German warrior … Roman Christian culutre … Greek + Roman culture
suport > preserved
