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This compared the Romans to the German warriors. Tried to make the Germans sound better than the Romans.
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The Christians were no longer prosecuted.
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Unified by different people that were thought to be worshipping wrong and provided orthodoxy.
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This was a defensive move for Constantinople and solidifies it as capitol city
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The Visigoths who were led by King Alaric, who destroyed what is left of Rome
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The Romans leave England to protect their Empire. Germanic tribes invaded against the remaining and defenseless English and Romans.
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A Frankish empire that included many famous emperors such as Clovis and Pepin the Short.
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Laws that were made by the King of the Franks. The main goal of these laws were to stop wergelds which would stop the fighting.
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A family tree of Alfred the Great that shows the lineage all the way down to Edward the Congessor
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Justinian tries to reconquer Western Rome.
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The Nika Revolt happened when Justinian refused to pardon two killers who escaped their hanging. Built for the Christians but adopted by the Muslims.
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The Anglo-Saxons ended up traveling to England because England needed people to protect their people so they hired them and "forgot to pay them".
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Gregory of Tours was a historian and bishop. Clovis was not a Christian until his wife Clotilde convinced him to convert.
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The main idea that came from this was that if you die in battle, you went to Paradise.
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Muhhamed leaves Mecca after being warned of an assassination plot
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When Ali is murdered, which led the Muslims into splitting into two religious groups, the Sunni and the Shia
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One of the oldest works of Islamic architecture which was built during the Umayyed Empire.
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Wrote commentaries on the Pentateuch, historical works and biographies. Most known for his work, HISTORICA ECCLESIASTICA, which was about the history of the English Church.
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The Umayyed Empire ruled the empire of Caliphate until they were defeated by the Byzantine empire
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The Abbasid Empire ruled the empire from Baghdad.
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Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of the Romans by Pope Leo the II on Christmas Eve. He was the first Frankish King to become an Emperor of the Roman empire.
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This dynasty had a long rise to power and eventually Charlemagne became the Emperor of Rome, which helped to make the dynasty stronger and last. However, the dynasty started to decline when Charlemagne died.
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Lived from 849-899 CE. He defended against the vikings and was considered the "British Charlemagne".
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There was a raise in temperature, which resulted in economic and agricultural growth.
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An epic poem about a German king and was written during the movement of Christianity, which is important for fully understanding the poem because of references to the religion
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The difference about this dynasty from the previous two was that they had no Islamic influence
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East and West Rome are split up because of the power struggles and religious views
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Duke William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson fought in the Battle of Hastings which resulted in a Norman conquest. The tapestry that describes this even is called the Bayeux Tapestry and it is an embroidered cloth that goes on for nearly 70 meters
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Pope Urban's speech took place in Rome in 1095. He made a speech because he wanted to start a crusade and the significance in this speech is because this is how the crusades started. Five reasons to go on a crusade are: 1) to stop Muslims from being in the Holy Land. 2) To purge the land from uncleanliness (the Muslims - wanted to kick them out). 3) Population 4) Wanted to take land from the Muslims. 5) To undertake a journey for remission.
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The Christians took Jerusalem by storm and slaughtered 70,000 Muslims. The conquers acted "un-Christian" because they killed many unarmed Muslims.
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The reasons for the Third Crusade were to get revenge on Saladin (Saladin enslaved Christians, to have a better education and for their beliefs. What started out as a battle for the holy land ended in a truce.
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Norse mythology, not Christianity. Snorri Sturlson ignores his Christian beliefs.
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A Muslim-controlled invasion through Egypt, which resulted in the Muslims sacking the city of Constantinople.
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Christians were said to have expelled the muslims from the holy land
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The Western Europeans try to take back the holy land.
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Began 7 years after the Fifth Crusade. This crusade resulted in the Kingdom of Jerusalem regaining control of the holy land.
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Louis IX of France against the city of Tunis
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Last crusade for the holy land. Resulted in the king of England's son, Edward, conquering the holy land.
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Iba Battuta leaves for Mecca and travels through many places, including Alexandria, Cairo, Damascus, Tunis, etc. Eventually makes it to Mecca four days after he visited the tomb of Muhammad.
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Constantinople was taken over by the Ottoman Empire. Led by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II.