Geography 2050A/B Lecture 2: Lecture 2.pdf
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Septimania: septimania was the western region of the roman province of gallia. Narbonensis that passed under the control of the visigoths in 462: it corresponded roughly with the modern french region of. Languedoc rousillon: it passed briefly to the moors in the eight century, by the end of the ninth century it became the gothic march (frontier, with the exception of the iberian peninsula (held by moors), all of. Europe became christian % the 9th and 12th countries. Cities in medieval europe: empires, byzantine empire, carolinian empire, carolinian march (frontier, states of the church. Feudalism from 980 to end of 12th century: social hierarchy, kings, lords, knights, vassals, villains, serfs. Black death from 1340 to 1374: killed around 50 million, led to demographic and economic change. Plague effect: black plague (beginning in the mid 14th century, population decline from 79,000,000 in 1340 to as low as.