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on February 01, 2018

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Today I wasn't in class, because I left early from being sick

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may 10

Today in class we started a new powerpoint and took more notes on it. - After Rome 500-700 Germanic Kingdoms of Western Europe The Germanic Brothers - Barbarian warlords and their families who assimilated into Roman culture became the " nobles " or aristocrats of medieval Europe - Germanic tribes who ruler former Roman lands sought to conquer and assimilate other barbarian people who lived beyond the frontiers and were still pagens More on Germanic Kingdoms - The Angles and the Saxons ( from Denmark and northwestern Germany) invaded Britain and assimilated the native Britains - Most of the Anglo-Saxons were converted to Christianity in the seventh century - The most powerful Germanic tribe was the Franks - but the real power laid with the " mayors of the palace " who were royal officials and nobles themselves Meanwhile, back in the Eastern Empire - From " Eastern Empire " to ' Byzantium" - The Eastern Roman Empire continued on w

may 24

Today in class we took a test about the crusades, and the spread of Christianity. For me I studied super hard I made a quiz let and I did good on all the test I took on there so I knew I was prepared. There were one or two questions that I had trouble on and that was the definition of the vocabulary words from the textbook. I ended up mixing them up. I found out we have one more test on Italy before the semester is over which makes me feel better because I have another opportunity to get my grades up higher. After the test we had a assignment in the textbook on our last sections.

may 18

Today in class we started a new powerpoint and took notes. We also had another chance to up our grade with the textbook assignment questions on pg 373 Main Idea: Many Germanic kingdoms that succeeded the Roman Empire were reunited under Charlemagne empire Why it matters now: Charlemagne spread christian civilization throughout northern Europe, where some of us came from Setting the stage - Middle Ages = medieval period - AD 476-AD 1453 - ( From the end of the Roman Empire to the conquest of Constantinople by the Turks) - Medieval Europe is fragmented This is new society The new society has roots in: - Classical heritage of Rome - Beliefs of the Roman Catholic Church - Customs of various Germanic tribes 5th century Germanic invaders Overrun the western half of the Roman empire causing: - Disruption of trade - Downfall of cities - Population shifts to rural areas Effects of invasion Decline of learning - Tribes had oral tradition. songs, but couldn't

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