Lecture 3 Europe to the Middle Ages Flashcards
True or False: early western civilization in Greece laid the foundations of political/natural philosophy + medicine for the future
True
What occurred in the 3rd century AD that weakened the Roman empire?
Civil war
What were the consequences of the Roman civil war?
Army became in charge of political power and defence became outsourced (paid foreigners)
When was Christianity legitimized/became the official religion?
4th century AD
Which migrating group started a domino effect that wreaked havoc on the Western Roman Empire?
the Huns
True or false: Germanic/barbarian kingdoms succeeded in maintaining the Roman imperial system after Rome collapsed
False
What is ethnogenesis?
the emergence of new identities such as Franks or English
What empire survived and went on to become the Byzantine empire?
The Easter Roman Empire
When were the Arab conquests?
7th-8th century AD
What was Christianity’s biggest rival?
Islam
Who briefly unified western Europe, stabilized the concept of land tenure =, and was crowned Holy Roman Emperor?
Charlemagne
What factor led to the divide of the Frankish empire?
the divsion between Charlemagne’s sons
When and where were the intellectual and philosophical foundations of western civilization laid?
Ancient Greece and Rome
True or False: the disintegration of western Rome left Christian Germanic warlords in control of the west
True
