CH.8 SECT.1THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

SETTING THE SECENE

• Pope Gregory sat and thought of perils facing Italy
• Rome fell to plundering invaders
• Trade slowed and learning ceased
• A new European civilization emerged of Greco-Roman, Germanic and Christian traditions
• Medieval- a civilization from the Latin from the middle age.

GEOGRAPHY OF WESTERN EUROPE

• Rome was linked to European territories
• It had many roads and it spread classic ideas of both Christianity and the Latin language
• Germanic people ended roman rule in the west

LOCATION

• Europe is the second smallest land areas of the seven continents
• It's size impacted the modern world enormously

RESOURCES

• This region is a frontier
• A frontier is a sparsely populated undeveloped area on the outskirts of a civilization
• The region had rich soil which better suited for raising and growing crops
• The seas provided a way of transportation routes and provided fish for food
• Large rivers were ideal for trade and mountain streams pushed water wheels

THE GERMATIC KINGDOMS

• Germanic tribes migrated across Europe
• They were farmers and herders
• They had no cities or written laws. Lived in small communities governed by unwritten customs
• Elected kings that led them to war
• Warrior nobles swore loyalty for exchange of weapons and loot

THE FRANKS

• Germanic kingdoms transformed Western Europe into small kingdoms
• The strongest was the Kingdom of the Franks
• Clovis who was the king of the franks conquered roman province in Gaul
• Clovis took an important step when he transfered over to Christianity
• Clovis gained the peoples support and gained powerful allies in the Christian church in Rome

EUROPE AND THE MUSLIM WORLD

• New powers emerged in the medditerranean
• Islam rose in 622 in Arabia
• Muslim armies crossed to France and Charles Martel gathered Frankish warriors
• The battle of jours in 732, Christian warriors triumphed. They thought it was a sign of god on their side
• Christians viewed the Muslim world as hostility when Islams weren't a threat

THE AGE OF CHARLEMAGNE

• Charlemagne towered over people in his time.
• He loved to battle.
• He spent much oh his 46 year reign fighting Muslims in Spain

A CHRISTIAN EMPEROR

• The pope out a crown on Charlemagne for help against nobles
• Charlemagne was a success

GOVERNMENT

• Charlemagne tried to exercise his control
• He appointed powerful nobles to rule against religion
• He gave the land so they can offer support to soldiers

REVIVAL OF LEARNING

• Charlemagne made his court a second home
• Charlemagne can read but can't write

AFTER CHARLEMAGNE

• After Charlemagne died his empire feel apart
• He left lasting memory's
• His empire was snapped by Vikings

LEGACY OF CHARLEMAGNE

• He extended Christian civilizations into Northern Europe
• He set up strong governments

A NEW WAVE OF INVASIONS

• Charlemagne faced new invasions
• The Vikings snapped the last thread of charlegmanes empire