Monday- Kuder Navigation in Library
Tuesday-
New Testament was addd to the Hebrew Old Testaments to make the Christian bible which helped unify Christians
- Included the four Gospels (Matthew Mark Luke and John)
- Epistles of Paul amoung other documents
Nicene Creed
- 325 AD Constatine further unified the teachings of Christianity
- In Nicaea church leaders wrote the Nicene Creed which defined the basic beliefs of the Church
Fall Of Roman Empire
- Historians generally agree that the end of region of the emperor Marcus Aurelius marked the end of two centuries of peace and prosperity and the Roman Empire
Causes of the Fall of Rome
- No one was a die hard for the Empire
Dicletian
- Split the Empire in 285 AD
- strong leader and brought law and order back to the Empire
- Believed that the empire had grown to large and to complex for one ruler
- Greek speaking East- Greece Turkey Syria and Egpy- Byzatine Empire
- Latin speaking West- Italy Gaul Britain and Spain
- He took the eastern half for himseld and appointed a co-rule for the west
Constatine
- Took control the western part of the ROman Empire
- United the empires during its reign and moved the capital from Rome to Byzantium changing the name of the city to Constantinople
- Huge walls were built around COnstantinople to protect it from barabians
- After he died the Empire was split again
- The city is now known as Istanbul
- Byzantine Empire would last until 1453 when the Ottoman Turks took the area over
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
- People didn't care
- No patrism
- Crubbling from the inside
- Poor harvest
- Low confidence
- Contrasts between rich and poor
- Threat from the North
Wednesday- No School
Thursday- No School(Thanksgiving)
Friday- No School
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