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Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
A CHRISTIAN EUROPE
- Two separate branches of religion formed.
- Lead by a pope
- Catholic Church spread roman culture & law to Germanic groups
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THE MIDDLE AGES
- A.d. 800 a Germanic King united most of Western Europe
- After he died the empire fell apart
- Nobody was able to help Western Europe withstand invaders
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ROME'S DECLINE
- By 300 a.d. The Roman Empire was in decline
- It split into two parts - the eastern and western
- The western was strong and was known as the Byzantine empire
- Despite falling to Germanic leaders, Rome still had great influence on Europe and the west.
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THE RENAISSANCE
- Interest in art and learning revived after Europe recovered from the Black Death
- The renaissance thrived in Italian cities and states
- Merchants gained wealth and used it to support scholars and artists
- People took and interest in Ancient Greece and Rome
- Renaissance ideas spread from Italy to other parts of Europe.
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THE REFORMATION
- In 1517 Martin Luther King set out to reform church practices
- The pope didn't accept Luther's ideas
- Luther broke away from the Roman Catholic Church
- Luther's ideas sparked a religious movement called the reformation
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A NEW ERA FOR EUROPE
- In 1998 people in Western Europe forced several communist governments from power
- They set up a new democracies
- A year later east and west Germany became a demacratic state
- In 1991 the Soviet Union broke apart
- In 1993 several democracies in Western Europe formed the European Union
Photo by Wolfgang Staudt
THE CRUSADES
- The Muslims took control of different parts of Europe and Palestine
- In the early 1,000s nobles fought together to take the land back
- After the war, goods began to flow easier
- Between Europeans and Muslims.
EUROPEAN EXPLORATIONS
- In the 1400s Portuguese navigators developed new trade routes
- They sailed south around the continent of Africa and Asia.
- In 1492 Christopher Columbus tried to find a different route to Asia
- In the Americas Spain found gold and other resources.
- They grew wealthy as a result of its overseas expeditions.
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INDUSTRY AND CONFLICT
- Instead of making goods by hand people use machines and building factories
- Thanks to new inventions such as railroads travel improved
- Many people left farms to get jobs in the cities.
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THE ENLIGHTMENT
- Europeans used science to explain the world
- During the revolution Europeans relied on reason rather than faith
- John Locke believed that if the government didn't protect rights
- Citizens could over power them
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