Week of January 2-6

[5Nicole]

Monday- break

Tuesday- break

Wednesday- rules

Thursday- notes

Friday- sick

Ancient Greece

Persian Empire

Roman Republic

Roman Empire

Byzantine Empire

Mongolian Empire

Holy Roman Empire

• What were the great civilizations that we discussed first semester?
  • Ancient Greece (500 BC-600 AD)
  • Persian Empire (530 BC-330 BC)
  • Roman Republic (509 BC-27 BC)
  • Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)
  • Byzantine Empire- split from Roman Empire in 395 AD (lasted until 1453)
  • Mongolian Empire (1200s-1300s)
  • Holy Roman Empire (800-1806)

Chapter 14- The High and Late Middle Ages (1050-1450)

• Middle Ages- Medieval Times- Dark Ages
  • The Middle Ages lasted roughly 500-1500 AD
  • The term medieval simply means "of or relating to the Middle Ages"
  • The Dark Ages was the period in Western Europe between 500 (the fall of Rome) and 1000 AD
• The Dark Ages
  • Magyars and Vikings raided western European church monasteries and destroyed many of these centers of learning
  • Due to this, Europe was thrown backwards in time where science, culture, and learning were not focused on as much as they had been with Ancient Rome and Greece
• Christianity Review
  • Christianity is the largest religion in the world
    • 2.2 billion- 32% of the world's population
  • Jesus founded Christianity around 33 AD
  • Christianity is mostly located in Europe, North America, South America, and Australia 
  • Christians believe in the 10 Commandments, that Jesus is the lord and savior, and that there is everlasting life
  • Peter and Paul were both apostles that went around and told the word
  • Peter became the first pope
  • Constantine allowed Christianity to be a religion in the Roman Empire
  • After Constantine, Theodosius made Christianity the main religion of the Roman Empire  
  • The Great Schism of 1054 was the separation of the two churches- Roman Catholicism (Rome, Western Roman Empire) and Eastern Orthodoxy (Constantinople, Byzantine Empire)
• The Age of Faith
  • Around the 900s, the church was reborn and a spiritual revival took place- known as the "Age of Faith"
    • The church restructured itself and started building new churches 
    • Monasteries led the revival (Cluny Abbey in France) 
    • Religion played a vital role in pushing education in this era
      • Monks, friars, and nuns