HIST 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Migration Period, Latifundium, Trade Wars
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Invasion: decrease in trade, wars (expansion, natural disaster, political unrest, corrupt rulers, religious divide (ethnic, racial, lack of nationalism, economic downfall. Internal stresses: death spiral (barbarians, bad emperors, clinically insane, assassinations, size, economic weakness, devalue currency. External pressures: barbarian invasions (100 ce-500 ce, disruption of trade, disruption of agriculture, less food for cities, less taxes collected, desertion of farms, consolidation of large estates (latifundia)- leads to serfdom, germanic refugees inside the empire. Istanbul-tiny toons- youtube: converted to christianity and commissioned churches in jerusalem of holy sites. Huns: central asian nomadic horsemen, orga(cid:374)ized u(cid:374)der attila, the (cid:862)s(cid:272)ourge of god(cid:863, collected tribute and haired as mercenaries, pushed germanic tribes into the roman empire to escape. Sack of rome in 476 ce by odoacer (west rome) *scroll down to next page for notes on classical india. Upanishads, 700-300 bce: writte(cid:374) (cid:373)ostly (cid:271)y brah(cid:373)i(cid:374) priests but , questioned teaching and power of brahmin priests.
