HISB61H3 Lecture : Lecture 1.docx
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Some people think that the roman empire didn"t fall until 1453, when constantinople fell (is now istanbul). If this is true, this kind of eliminates the entire middle ages. Rome liked colonizing places gaul (is now france, was taken over by the franks, the free people"). Wales, ireland): romans cut down the original forests in england, only kings could use oak. Also had spain, north africa ( bread basket of the empire"), egypt. Didn"t get too far into the middle, past petra, because there was a mountain range in the way. Separate france from germany, very well-patrolled because they were afraid of invasions. Introduced mediterranean culture to the rest of europe. Paganism was not accepted in this society (judaism was a bit accepted: mithranism got a bit of a start (they actually found a mithran temple in london, dug up after wwii) Always tension between east and west: rome vs. persia.
