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Dancing in the Dark Ages(Middle Ages)
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What does the Middle Ages remind you of?
Knights
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Castles!
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PeriodizationPeriodization
Early Middle Ages: 500 – 1000
High Middle Ages: 1000 – 1250
Late Middle Ages: 1250 - 1500
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The beginning…Early Middle Ages• Decline of Roman Empire • Rise of Northern Europe • New forms of government • Heavy “Romanization” (religion,
language, laws, architecture, government)
• Latin- “medium aevum” means “middle age” and is source of English word “medieval”
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Why is the Middle Ages called the Dark Ages?
• The Roman Empire collapsed leading to the Dark Ages.
• Rome represented a bright civilization that established order, government, clean water, impressive architecture, and the list goes on and on…
• Historians later started calling the Middle Ages the Dark ages.
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Who is left after Rome falls?• Germanic Tribes (Barbarians): The
Franks take Gaul, Angles and Saxons take Britain, Visigoths take Spain.
• Byzantine Empire- Is still hanging around. (Formally the eastern half of the Roman Empire)
The Religion of Islam will arise in 622 AD
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Europe in the 6cEurope in the 6c
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Lets Be Frank, (The Franks are the Strongest Barbarians)
• The Franks were farmers than lived in small communities in Northern Europe
• In 486 King Clovis of the Franks conquered Gaul
• Clovis preserved many Roman customs, one was the Latin language.
• Clovis Converted to Christianity and the Franks became a Christian Kingdom.
• Christian Kingdoms will come in contact with a new religion
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Rise of Islam in the Middle East
• Founder: Muhammad• Born: 571 AD in Mecca,
Arabia• Descendant of Abraham• Titles: The prophet, the
messenger• Holy Book: The Koran • Islam is recognized as an
official religion as of 622 AD
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What do Muslims Believe?
• One God• Mohammad is Gods (last) prophet • Believe Jesus was a real person just not the son of
God. • Must travel to Mecca at least once in a believers
lifetime (hajj) • Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are very similar.
– They are Monotheistic– The all clam Abraham as their ancestor
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The Spread of Islam • Islamic peoples quickly spread across the
Middle East and Northern Africa.
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Culture Clash: Christian vs. Muslim• Muslims invaded Europe
taking all of Spain. • Next they turned their
sights on Gaul.
Who was the Powerful Germanic Tribe that was already in Gaul?
The Franks
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Frankish King Charles (the Hammer) Martel
• Clovis’s Grandson Charles Martel is credited with the victory over the Muslims of the Battle of Tours (732 AD),
• which was an important event in world history due to the fact that it prevented Muslim expansion throughout Western Europe.
• Think about it – it would be a different world, wouldn’t it? Why?
• founding father of heavy cavalry
(Also known as Knights), and chivalry
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Charles’s Son Pepin the Short (Not as Cool of a Nickname)
• Pepin Gave some land in Italy to the Pope, that land is now called the Vatican.
• The Pope then clamed to be Gods special reprehensive on earth. (Roman catholic Church gains power)
• This starts a specialrelationship between theKings of Europe and thePope in Rome.
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Pepin’s Son Charlemagne (Charles the Great)
• Charlemagne embraced the idea of being a Christian King
• Charlemagne set up schools that made copies of the Bible
• Then, all of a sudden Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor
• Charlemagne’s Frankish Kingdom will be split up between his three Grandsons
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Front Page Newspaper Article (Battle of Tours)
• After the video, Imagine you’re a journalist during the time of Charles Martel (around 700AD)
• Create a Newspaper article on the Battle of ToursInclude the following:1. Name of Newspaper (Caswell Messenger…)2. What was the Battle of Tours? Who fought? who won?
Who was the main leader? 3. Why is it important. Explain in detail. 4. A short time line of the early middle ages 5. Pictures of events