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4.5 The Fall of the Roman Empire
Hi, this is the last part of the chapter four. We gonna say goodbye to the Roman Empire, the Fall of the Roman Empire.
1. In 286, Diocletian introduced the new form of government Tetrarchy, the empire was divided into two parts and ruled by four emperors. Constantine ruled both west and east for a short time. Theodosius was the last emperor to rule over both the east and the west Empire from 379 to 395. After his death in 395, the empire was permanently divided between the West and the East by his two incapable sons.
Western Empire, there was a big problem:
The Barbarian invasions.
2.The Huns were a nomadic people, some historians believed they were the decedents of the Xiongnu (匈奴), nomadic peoples north and northwest of China during the Eastern Zhou and Han dynasty from the 3rd century BC to the late 1st century AD. In the second half of the 4th century Huns migrated from Central Asia towards Eastern Europe. They quickly destroyed the Gothic confederation.
Visigoths, the western branch of the Goths were driven away from their land and seek assistance from the Roman Empire and they were allowed to settle along the Danube River area. But they soon rose up against the Romans. In 378 they defeated an imperial army and killed the Roman emperor and in 410 they captured Rome and sacked it for three days. Finally, they left, moved to southern Gaul and Spain and built the Visigothic kingdom there with the Roman emperor’s approval.
The Vandals were another east Germanic people. They crossed over the empire and conquered Africa. In 455 they sacked Rome much more thoroughly than the Visigoths did in 410.
3. Attila and the pope. Attila frequently called Attila the Hun, was the ruler of the Huns from 434 until his death in 453. In 430 he led his army invaded the Roman Empire. He defeated the Roman army but was stopped by the bishop of Rome, Pope Leo I before the gate of Rome. What they talked was unknown but after the conversation Attila withdrew. It was the Pope not the emperor saved the city. This incident showed how powerful the papacy was. The papacy is the position, power, and authority of the Pope. After the death of Attila, the confederation of Huns collapsed.
4. Fall of Rome
On September 4, 476, Odoacer, a military leader deposed Romulus, the Western Roman Emperor. Romulus was forced to give up his position. And Odoacer became the first King of Italy. Odoacer was not a Roman but of barbarian decent from an East Germanic tribe called Scirii. Although his real power was in Italy, he represented himself as the client of the eastern empire emperor in Constantinople. The deposition of Romulus marks the end of the Roman Empire in the West, and the end of Ancient Rome, and the beginning of the Middle Ages in Western Europe.
5. Rise of Muslim
Now, let’s look at Rise of Muslim. The Abrahamic religions refer to three monotheistic religions all from one source, Abraham. They all claim Abraham as a prophet and their common forefather. Judaism founded in the 7th century BCE, Christianity in the 1st century CE, and Islam in the 7th century CE. These are the symbols of the three largest Abrahamic religions: the Jewish Star of David, the Christian cross, and the Islamic star and crescent. Islam is the second-largest and the fastest-growing religion in the world. It has 1.6 billion followers, almost a quarter of world population.
6. The most populous Muslim-majority country is Indonesia, home to about 12% of the world's Muslims, followed by Pakistan (11.0%), Bangladesh (9.2%), and Egypt (4.9%). About 20% of the world's Muslims live in the Middle East and North Africa. Middle East, North Africa.
7. Muhammad c. 570 – 632 was born in the Arabian city of Mecca, his father died almost six months before he was born. At around 20 years old Muhammad became the business manager of a wealthy widow Khadijah whom he later married. In his thirtieth he began to spend long times to meditation in a mountain cave called Hira. In 610 at the age of 40 he claimed being visited by an angel in the cave, where he received revelation from God Allah. The angel told him: "O Muhammad! You are the Messenger of God". Muslims believe the holy book Quran was verbally revealed by God to Muhammad through the angel. On September 24, 622, Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Medina. This journey called the Hijra, marks the beginning of the Islamic calendar, the Hijri Calendar. Eight years later Muhammad led his army came back to Mecca and conquered it. By his death in 632, most of the Arabian Peninsula had converted to Islam. A Muslim empire called Caliphate was established and started to expansion. Muhammad’s father-in-law Abu Bakr became the first caliph. A caliph was a Muslim ruler meaning "successor of the messenger of God".
8. From this map we can see the expansion of the Muslim empire. You can see the expansion under Muhammad, and also the next part is the Rashidun Caliphs 1, and the next part expansion during the Umayyad Caliphate.
9. Sunni and Shia
There are two major branches of Islam. Sunni came from the Arabic word Sunnah meaning the custom and practice based on Muhammad's words and deeds. Sunni believes Muhammad did not clearly designate a successor and the Muslim community acted according to his Sunnah in electing his father-in-law Abu Bakr as the first caliph. Shia in Arabic meaning "followers of Ali”, they believe the successor of Muhammad is Ali, the cousin and the son-in-law of Muhammad. Today 85–90% of the world's Muslims are Sunni and 10–15% is Shia.
10. Look at this map Shia makes the majority of population in Iraq, Bahrain, Lebanon, Iran and Azerbaijan.
11. Muslim prohibits idolatry.
Idolatry means the worship of an idol. Muslims believe visual depictions of the prophets should be prohibited because the use of images can encourage idolatry. This is why the images of the prophets are extremely rare both within and outside Islam. The images of prophets made by non-Muslims could always made Muslims feel uncomfortable and offensive even they are tended to be favorable or neutral. Recent years there were several Muslim terrorist attacks happened in Europe caused by the publication of controversial Muhammad cartoons. Someone even drew Muhammad as a dog. Of-course we condemn the terrorism but I think these cartons should not be published. The tensions between the Western and Islamic world is already getting worse every day. Don't add fuel to the fire. All cultures are equal. Mutual respect is more important today. Confucius said “What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others”.
12. The Byzantine Empire also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium, Byzantium was the ancient Greek name of the capital city Constantinople, modern-day Istanbul, Turkey. Actually, the Byzantine Empire or the Eastern Roman Empire was the terms used by the historians after the end of the Empire. Romans at that time still used the name Roman Empire. Latin was used by the Western Roman Empire and the east was Hellenistic world, from the early sixth century Geek became the official language. The east had always been more urbanized and civilized than the west. The administration was carried by a vast bureaucracy composed by military and civilian officials. The most important positions at court were occupied by eunuchs. A eunuch is a man whose testicles had been removed. The extensive use of eunuchs was one of the reasons to the survival of absolutist authority of the emperor. The real political power remained in the hands of emperor and civilian officials instead of the military commanders like in the west.
13. Justinian I also known as Saint Justinian the Great was the Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565. He was "the emperor who never slept". His time was a distinct epoch in the history of the Later Roman Empire. He reconquered many former territories of the Western Roman Empire, including Italy, Dalmatia, Africa, and southern Hispania. Justinian’s jurist composed the Justinian Code which remains today the foundation of most of European country’s legal system.
14. This is the map of the empire during Justinian’s rule. You see he re-conquered many parts of the empire.
15. Justinian also built this famous church Hagia Sophia in Greek meaning "Holy Wisdom", it served as an Eastern Orthodox cathedral and the seat of the Patriarch of Constantinople. Patriarch of Constantinople was the top Christian leader in the Eastern Empire, like Pope in the west. After the fall of Constantinople, it became an Ottoman imperial mosque and now a museum.
16. The Fall of Constantinople
The territory reconquered by Justinian I held for two more centuries. During the Early Muslim conquests of the seventh century the empire lost its richest provinces Egypt and Syria to the Arabs. During the Macedonian dynasty in 10th–11th centuries, the empire again expanded and after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071. The empire lost much of Asia Minor to the Turks. The empire recovered again and by the 12th century Constantinople was the largest and wealthiest European city. During the Fourth Crusade, Constantinople was sacked in 1204 by crusaders. Although Constantinople was recovered in 1261, the Byzantine Empire remained only one of several small rival states in the area for the two more centuries. Its remaining territories were gradually conquered by the Ottomans over the 14th and 15th century. The Ottoman Empire also known as the Turkish Empire was a state that conquered much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia and North Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. Finally, in 1453 Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople. The Fall of Constantinople marked the end of the Byzantine Empire and the end of the Roman Empire.
17. Now, let’s look at the key words: Fall of Rome, Muhammad, Sunni and Shia, The Byzantine Empire, Fall of Constantinople.
Now, questions of this chapter
1. Give a brief introduction of Pax Romana.
2. Tell the stories of Genesis, Exodus and Jesus Christ. How did Christianity become the official religion of the Roman Empire?
3. Who are Germanic people? How their invasions changed the Roman world?
And now this is the finish of the chapter four. And now we say goodbye to the Ancient Rome. And from next chapter, we will go to the Middle Ages.
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Hi this is the last part of
the chapter four
We gonna say goodbye to the Roman Empire
The Fall of the Roman Empire
In 286 Diocletian introduced
the new form of government Tetrarchy
The empire was divided into two parts
and ruled by four emperors
Constantine ruled both west and east
for a short time
Theodosius
was the last emperor
to rule over both the east and the west
empire from 379 to 395
After his death in 395
the empire was permanently divided
between the West and the East
by his two incapable sons
Western Empire there was a big problem
the Barbarian invasions
The Huns
were a nomadic people
Some historians believed
they were the decedents of the Xiongnu
nomadic peoples north and northwest
of China
during the Eastern Zhou and Han dynasty
from the 3rd century BC
to the late 1st century AD
In the second half of the 4th century
Huns
migrated from Central Asia
towards Eastern Europe
They quickly destroyed
the Gothic confederation
Visigoths
the western branch of the Goths
were driven away from their land
and seek assistance from
the Roman Empire
And they were allowed to settle along
the Danube River area
but they soon rose up against the Romans
In 378
they defeated the imperial army
and killed the Roman emperor
and in 410
they captured Rome and sacked it
for three days
Finally they left
moved to southern Gaul and Spain
and built the Visigothic kingdom
there
with the Roman emperor’s approval
The Vandals were
another eastern Germanic people
They crossed over the empire
and conquered Africa
In 455 they sacked Rome
much more thoroughly than
the Visigoths did in 410
Attila and the pope
Attila frequently called Attila the Hun
was the ruler of the Huns
from 434 until his death in 453
In 430
he led his army invaded the Roman Empire
He defeated the Roman army
but was stopped by the bishop of Rome
Pope Leo I
before the gate of Rome
What they talked was unknown
but after the conversation
Attila withdrew
It was the Pope
not the emperor saved the city
This incident
showed how powerful the papacy was
The papacy is the position power
and authority of the Pope
After the death of Attila
the confederation of Huns collapsed
On September 4 476
Odoacer
a military leader deposed Romulus
the Western Roman Emperor
Romulus was forced to
give up his position
And Odoacer
became the first King of Italy
Odoacer was not a Roman
but of barbarian decent
from an Eastern Germanic tribe
called Scirii
Although his real power was in Italy
he represented himself
as the client
of the eastern empire emperor
in Constantinople
The deposition of Romulus
marks the end of the Roman Empire
in the West
and the end of Ancient Rome
and the beginning of the Middle Ages
in Western Europe
Now let’s look at the Rise of Muslim
The Abrahamic religions
refer to three monotheistic religions
all from one source Abraham
They all claim Abraham
as a prophet and their common forefather
Judaism founded in the 7th century BCE
Christianity in the 1st century CE
and Islam in the 7th century CE
These are the symbols of
the three largest
Abrahamic religions
the Jewish Star of David
and the Christian cross
and the Islamic star and crescent
Islam is the second largest
and the fastest growing religion
in the world
It has 1point 6 billion followers
almost a quarter of world population
The most populous Muslim majority
country is Indonesia
home to about 12% of the world’s Muslims
followed by Pakistan
Bangladesh and Egypt
About 20% of the world’s Muslims
live in the Middle East and North Africa
Middle East North Africa
Muhammad
was born in the Arabian city of Mecca
His father died almost six months
before he was born
And at around 20 years old
Muhammad
became the business manager
of a wealthy widow Khadijah
whom he later married
In his thirties
he began to spend long times
to meditation
in a mountain cave called Hira
In 610 at the age of 40
He claimed being visited
by an angel in the cave
where he received revelation
from God Allah
The angel told him O Muhammad
You are the Messenger of God
Muslims believe the holy book Quran
was verbally revealed
by God to Muhammad
through the angel
On September 24 622
Muhammad and his followers
migrated from Mecca to Medina
This journey called the Hijra
Marks the beginning of
the Islamic calendar
the Hijri Calendar
Eight years later Muhammad led his army
came back to Mecca and conquered it
By his death in 632
most of the Arabian Peninsula had
converted to Islam
A Muslim empire called Caliphate
was established and started to expansion
Muhammad’s father in law
Abu Bakr became the first caliph
A caliph is a Muslim ruler meaning
successor of the messenger of God
Form this map
we can see the expansion
of the Muslim empire
You can see the expansion under Muhammad
and also the next part
is the Rashidun Caliphs
and the next part expansion
during the Umayyad Caliphate
There are two major branches of Islam
Sunni came from the Arabic word Sunnah
meaning the custom and practice
based on Muhammad’s words and deeds
Sunni believes Muhammad
did not clearly designate a successor
and the Muslim community acted
according to his Sunnah
in electing his father
in law Abu Bakr as the first caliph
Shia in Arabic meaning followers of Ali
They believes the successor
of Muhammad is Ali
the cousin
and the son in law of Muhammad
Today 85 to 90%
of the world’s Muslims are Sunni
and 10 to 15% is Shia
Look at this map
Shia makes the majority of population
in Iraq Bahrain Lebanon Iran
and Azerbaijan
Muslim prohibit idolatry
Idolatry means the worship of an idol
Muslims believe
visual depictions of the prophets
should be prohibited
because the use of images
can encourage idolatry
This is why the images of the
prophets are extremely rare
both within and outside Islam
The images of prophets
made by non-Muslims
could always made Muslims
feel uncomfortable and offensive
even they are tended
to be favorable or neutral
Recent years
there were several Muslim terrorist
attacks happened in Europe
caused by the publication
of controversial Muhammad cartoons
Someone even drew Muhammad as a dog
Of course we condemn the terrorism
but I think these cartons
should not be published
The tensions between the Western
and Islamic world
is already getting worse every day
Don’t add fuel to the fire
All cultures are equal
Mutual respect is more important today
Confucius says
What you do not want done to yourself
do not do to others
The Byzantine Empire
also referred to
as the Eastern Roman Empire
and Byzantium
Byzantium was the ancient Greek name
of the capital city Constantinople
modern day Istanbul Turkey
Actually the Byzantine Empire
or the Eastern Roman Empire
was the terms used by the historians
after the end of the Empire
Romans at that time
still used the name Roman Empire
Latin was used by the Western
Roman Empire
and the east was
Hellenistic world
From the early sixth century
Geek became the official language
The east
had always been more urbanized
and civilized than the west
The administration
was carried by a vast bureaucracy
composed of military
and civilian officials
The most important positions at court
were occupied by eunuchs
A eunuch is a man
whose testicles had been removed
The extensive use of eunuchs
was one of the reasons
to the survival of absolutist authority
of the emperor
The real political power
remained in the hands of emperor
and civilian officials instead of
the military commanders
like in the west
Justinian I
also known as Saint Justinian the Great
was the Eastern Roman emperor
from 527 to 565
He was the emperor who never slept
His time was a distinct epoch
in the history of the Later Roman Empire
He reconquered many former territories
of the Western Roman Empire
including Italy Dalmatia
Africa and southern Hispania
Justinian’s jurist composed
the Justinian Code
which remains today the foundation
of most of European country’s
legal system
This is the map of the empire
during Justinian’s rule
You see he reconquered
many parts of the empire
Justinian also built this famous church
Hagia Sophia
in Greek meaning Holy Wisdom
It served as an Eastern
Orthodox cathedral
and the seat of the Patriarch
of Constantinople
Patriarch of Constantinople
was the top Christian leader
in the Eastern Empire
like Pope in the west
After the fall of Constantinople
It became an Ottoman imperial mosque
and now a museum
The territory reconquered by Justinian I
held for two more centuries
During the Early Muslim conquests
of the seventh century
the empire lost its richest
provinces Egypt
and Syria to the Arabs
During the Macedonian dynasty
in 10th and11th centuries
the empire again expanded
And after the Battle of
Manzikert in 1071
The empire lost much of
Asia Minor to the Turks
The empire recovered again
and by the 12th century
Constantinople was the largest
and wealthiest European city
During the Fourth Crusade
Constantinople was sacked
in 1204 by crusaders
Although Constantinople was recovered
in 1261
the Byzantine Empire remained
only one of several small rival states
in the area for the two more centuries
Its remaining territories
were gradually conquered by the Ottomans
over the 14th and 15th century
The Ottoman Empire
also known as the Turkish Empire
was a state that conquered
much of Southeast Europe
Western Asia and North Africa
between the 14th
and early 20th centuries
Finally in 1453
Ottoman Empire conquered Constantinople
The Fall of Constantinople
marked the end of the Byzantine Empire
and the end of the Roman Empire
Now let’s look at the key words
Fall of Rome
Muhammad
Sunni and Shia
The Byzantine Empire
Fall of Constantinople
Now Questions of this chapter
1
Give a brief introduction of Pax Romana
2
Tell the stories of Genesis Exodus
and Jesus Christ
How did Christianity
become the official religion
of the Roman Empire
3 Who are Germanic people
How their invasions changed
the Roman world
And now this is the finish
of the chapter four
And now we say goodbye
to the Ancient Roman
And from next chapter
we will go to the Middle Ages
-1.0 Introduction
--1.0.3 Exercises
-1.1 Greek Bronze Age and Dark Age
--1.1.3 Exercises
-1.2 Greek Gods
--1.2.3 Exercises
-1.3 Archaic Greece
--1.3.3 Exercises
-1.4 Athens and the Persian Wars
--1.4.3 Exercises
-1.5 Discussion
-2.1 War and politics in the fifth century BC
--2.1.3 Exercises
-2.2 Greece in the fourth century BC
--2.2.3 Exercises
-2.3 Classical Greek Philosophy
--2.3.3 Exercises
-2.4 Athenian Drama
--2.4.3 Exercises
-2.5 Alexander the Great and Hellenistic World
--2.5.3 Exercises
-2.6 Discussion
-3.1 Roman Kingdom
--3.1.3 Exercises
-3.2 Early Republic
--3.2.3 Exercises
-3.3 Mid-Republic
--3.3.3 Exercises
-3.4 Late-Republic
--3.4.3 Exercises
-3.5 End of the Republic
--3.5.3 Exercises
-3.6 Discussion
-4.1 Pax Romana 1
--4.1.3 Excecises
-4.2 Pax Romana 2
--4.2.3 Excecises
-4.3 Crisis of the Third Century and Constantine
--4.3.3 Excecises
-4.4 The Victory of Christianity
--4.4.3 Exercises
-4.5 The Fall of the Roman Empire
--4.5.3 Exercises
-4.6 Discussion
-5.1 Early Middle Ages
--5.1.3 Excecises
-5.2 Carolingian Dynasty
--5.2.3 Excecises
-5.3 High Middle Ages
--5.3.3 Excecises
-5.4 Late Middle Ages 1
--5.4.1 Excecises
-5.5 Late Middle Ages 2
--5.5.3 Excecises
-5.6 Discussion
-6.1 The Renaissance
--6.1.3 Exercises
-6.2 Protestant Reformation
--6.2.3 Exercises
-6.3 Italian Wars and Rise of Russia
--6.3.3 Exercises
-6.4 Age of Discovery
--6.4.3 Exercises
-6.5 French War of Religion and Russia’s Time of Trouble
--6.5.3 Exercises
-6.6 Discussion
-7.1 The Thirty Years War
--7.1.3 Exercises
-7.2 English Revolution
--7.2.3 Exercises
-7.3 Three Absolute Monarchs
--7.3.3 Exercises
-7.4 Dutch Golden Age
--7.4.3 Exercises
-7.5 Science and Culture in the 17th Century
--7.5 Text
--7.5.3 Exercises
-7.6 Discussion
-8.1 The United Kingdom
--8.1.3 Exercises
-8.2 The American Revolution
--8.2.3 Exercises
-8.3 The French Revolution
--8.3.3 Exercises
-8.4 Age of Enlightenment
--8.4.3 Exercises
-8.5 West after the 18th century
--8.5.3 Exercises
-8.6 Discussion