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Early Europe up to First Test Flashcards

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Late Roman Empire big ideas

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A century of crisis, diocletian’s reforms, constantine and christianity

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Late Antiquity

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period of european history roughly 250-600

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crisis of third century DATES

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235-284

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crisis of third century

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fifty years of leadership turmoil, civil war. emperors too busy fighting in wars to watch frontiers, constant chaos at top

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other problems with Roman empire

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too big, new border pressures (persia, barbs), less conquest=less spoils to support the economy, emperors captured in wars

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Diocletian dates

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r 284-305

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Diocletian

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emperor 284-305, ended crisis of third cent. created tetrarchy, military reforms, split empire, edict of max prices, shifted empire east, chose good people

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tetrarchy

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split roman empire in 2 parts, east and west, 2 senior emperors (Augustuses), jr emperors (Caesars), jrs succeed srs. did not last past diocletian

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Constantine dates

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r306-337, 313 edict of milan, 324 founds constantinople, 325 council of nicaea.

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Constantine

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emperor r306-337. builds on diocletian reforms, with some changes. converted to xtianity, and state supported it. ended tetrarchy, reunited empire. new currency that works (solidus)

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early christianity

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Jesus born in monotheist community (jews) in palestine. St paul of tarsus changed message from jews->everybody. 5% of roman empire at time of const.

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council of nicaea.

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  1. convened by constantine to determine christian orthodoxy. decided on jesus fully man and fully divine. rejected arianism, created trinity
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arianism

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one of three kinds of christianity, jesus more man than god, rejected at nicaea. popular with germanic tribes.

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monophysites

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Jesus is a god, not man (pop. in east, syria). rejected by chalcedon 451

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nicene creed

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jesus both fully man and god, supported by nicaea and reinforced by chalcedon 451

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pagan knowledge vs christian learning

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is there room for pagan learning in christianity? big question, lot of big authors struggled with it. relevant today, faith vs science

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Tertullian

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150-225, from n af. background educated roman pagan. No compromise, rejected pagan learning, focus on end of days/christianity.

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Tertullian quote

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“What has Athens to do with Jerusalem?”

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St Jerome

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340-420 (after constantine, xtian tipping pt in roman empire). Very conflicted about pagan learning vs xtianity. Retired from imperial ladder to be scholarly. Advisor to pope, read greek. Wrote the Vulgate

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the Vulgate

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translation of bible into Latin by St Jerome. western christian canon for 1000 years.

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Augustine of Hippo

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most important church father. 354-430. said that pagan learning is OK to know but xtianity is most important. tried every religious flavor, settled on xtianity. wrote important works.

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St Augustine of Hippo biography

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from north africa. mother (monica) xtian, kept trying to convert him. dad small town council, moderately well off background. somewhat hedonistic youth. became follower of cicero, manichaeism, neoplatonism (which he tied into xtianity)

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St Augustine Dates

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c 354-430. 395 bishop of hippo. 397 Confessions. 410 City of God. 430 dies at hippo

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City of God

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work by st augustine, 410. god does not promise happiness on this earth. rome fall doesn’t matter. city of god is where it gets better

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Theodosius I

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r 378-395. Gave visigoths place in empire after they pushed out by huns. they have no loyalty. start pillaging. 390s makes xtianity official state relgious. last emperor of united roman empire.

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visigoths

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barbarian group, forced out by huns 376. settled in rome, unsatisfied with status, start pillaging. their king alaric sacked rome in 410.

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visigoth dates

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376 forced out by huns. 410 alaric sacks rome.

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alaric

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barbarian leader. pillages rome for 3 days in 410, sacks rome. wanted to emulate stilecho, a barb who married son of emp. negotiations for this failed, sacked rome.

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barbarians

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from greek for “not like us”. not raging hill brutes-tons of culture + goods exchange via roman trade. paid off/appeased by romans in various ways. groups outside of roman empire.

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end of western roman empire

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barbs moved in. no one guarding borders. 476 romulus augustulus deposed by Odavacer.

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Theodoric

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r493-526. grew up in constantinople as hostage. took italy ogoth kingdom in “name of east”. Tried to restore roman infrastructure + administration, maintained sep admins for romans and ogoths. called king (rex)

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Boethius “schoolmaster to middle ages”

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480-524. Old-school roman official and leading official under theodoric. consul, master of offices. translated some plato+aristot to latin. wrote “liberal arts” schoolbooks. accused of plotting with east in old-school roman politics, executed.

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Consolation of philosophy

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book by boethius, written in prison 523. dialog between him and philosphy, translated by important english chars.

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Cassiodorus

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ca 490-583. First half of life in theo’s court, similar to boe. consul 514. letter-writer for theo. protege/rival of boe. retired in 538, lived in const til 555 then retires to vivarium. focused on religion+copying.

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Cassiodorus dates

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ca 490-583. consul 514, master of offices 520s, retired 538, 555 moved to vivarium.

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eastern monastism

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st anthony, egypt, late 3rd century. extreme acsetism, lived in desert.

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western monasticism

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st benedict of nursia, italy, mid 6th cent. wrote rulebook for monks, very simple monk-like life, less harsh.

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Cass later life

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focused his monks on copying manuscripts. preserved tons of docs.wrote on spelling at age 93.

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Justinian dates

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527-565. plague in 540s.

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Justinian

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“great” eastern roman empire, mid 6th cent. recodified roman law in Corpus Juris Civilis, spoke latin. reconquered much of west, fought persia, great building projects. bit off more than e rome could chew

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justinian background

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family from balkans, father Justin went from nowhere->soldier->head of imp guards-> emp. justinian ruled behind scenes.

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Theodora

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wife of justinian, roman empress. whorey background. very important, esp for woman. lots of imp power. famous speech during hippodrome riots.

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Procopius

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500-600. secretary to belisarius, eyewitness to wars. wrote History of the Wars, Buildings, Secret History. Different pictures of Justin/theo, and belis.

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hippodrome riots

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blues and greens united to protest new taxes. mass chaos in constantinople. imp family was going to flee. but instead locked all of them in dome and slaughtered them - not much more dissent.

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blue/green factions

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two social factions in constantinople. religious/political/sports factions. jian+theo favored blues.

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Belisarius

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GET DATES. Jian’s right hand general. invaded N af easily, regained territory, then had harder time in italy. also fought persians for a time. wife antonina

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invasion of north africa

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Belisarious conquered N africa very easily, celebrated triumph in rome. vandals few in number+not friends with roman pop. vandals melted into local pop.

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invasion of italy

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much harder than africa. war for two decades, devastated roman infrastructure on continent. ended up winning (temporarily).

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plague of justinian

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540s. black death. killed half of constantinople, 1/3 of empire. major factor in byzantine decline.

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Constantinople in byzantine times

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glorious city, surviving jewel of rome. greatly built up by justinian. 300k-400k people.

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Corpus Juris Civilus

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Law code by justinian, finished in XXX. Code, Novels, Digest, Institutes

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Code

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systematic revision of all roman statutes from 2nd cent on.

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Novels

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New laws passed by justinian

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Digest

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commentaries on laws by leading roman lawyers

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Institutes

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reflections on legal principles in other books

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Macedonian Renassaince

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850-1050. couple cents of revival, islamic world lost some political coherance. “terms” system of soldier farmers.

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E/W christianity split

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Different languages=different discussions of theology, eastern hierarchy (patriach appointed by emperor), iconoclasm controversy entirely eastern.

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Byzantine big ideas

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Legal legacy-CJC latin, spread to italy. civil law based on it. preservation of greek classics, schism of 1054, eastern orthodox legacy (russia, balkans)

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Rise of Islam big ideas

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Muhammed and origins, spread of islam to 1000CE, conversion and culture

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pre-Islam arabia

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arabs many polytheist tribes. mecca already sacred + major trading hub. same general geographical area as origins of xtians+jews.

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muhammed dates

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born 570, married khadija 595, 610 first revelation, 622 hijra (move to medina), 630 capture of mecca, died 632

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umma

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community of all believers

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hadiths

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traditions about the teachings of the prophet, finalized c900

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qu’ran

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recitations - literally word of god

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Muhammed

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born in branch of wealthy trading family, right after death of justinian. prophet, not divine. lead early muslims to medina, then conquered mecca, relayed qur’an from god.

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beginnings of islam

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oral tradition during muhammed’s life. started monotheist group in mecca, preached against polytheists. early followers from tribe and family. pushed out of mecca for preaching against their main industry. goes to medina, builds community, fights battles, takes mecca.

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conquest of mecca

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muhammed+gang returns to mecca in 360s. bloodless conquest. smashed polytheist idols, making kab’aa house of god.

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christianity vs islam (theology)

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islam has less complex theological questions, no sacrements/trinityish questions. christianity saw itself as building on/correcting judaism, islam builds on/corrects xtianity and judaism.

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5 pillars of islam

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“there is no good but god”, daily prayer, fast of ramadan, alms for the poor, religious pilgrimage to mecca

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first conquests of islam

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arabs faced easy foes- overextended byzantines, persians very centralized, when they lost their capital they collapsed. arabs took north africa, persia, spain. N af cities spaced out- taken one by one

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shias vs sunnis origins

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shias believe that Ali (married to M’s daughter) was last legitimate caliph, sunnis accept political leadership after ali.

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uymayyed caliphate

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huge caliphate after muhammed. 661-750. moves political capital to damascus.

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750 abbasid caliphate

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moved capital to baghdad, end of big islamic political unity

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division of islamic realms

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umayyeds kept N africa, hamdanids anatolia, abbasids in persia, fatimids n africa

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dhimmis

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jews and christians in islamic lands. “people of the book”, permitted religious freedoms but second class citizens. NO POLYTHEISTS allowed

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what happened to lands after islamic conquest

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useful people absorbed. local pops not forcibly converted but are enticed by first class status. and overwhelmed by societal forces. arabic replaces greek+syriac.

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ISlam as as uniting factor in expanding, sophisticated world

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arabic as a universal language, the qu’ran, legal/ethical tradition, economic opportunities. built big empire, culturally way ahaead of westerners

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