HIST 11051 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: England Saxons, Bezant, Greek Fire
28 Apr 2019
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Close proximity with persia conflict weakened both of them which allowed arab armies a foothold. Be power delayed for many centuries the islamic advance into southeastern europe. Trade gold coin (bezant), jewelry, gemstones, silver silk. Spread religious culture into balkans and russia. Europe"s geography made political unity difficult 5 major peninsulas and 2 large islands. Re collapse in 476 ce german general odoacer. (at its height rome = 1 million pop, by 10th century = 10,000) Germanic peoples (barbarians) emerged as the dominant peoples. However, still influenced by roman culture and style. Wanted to re-create unity of the re. Occupied france, belgium, the netherlands, and parts of germany and italy began to act like an imperial ruler. Christmas day 800 ce crowned as a new roman emperor by the pope. Otto i of saxony became known as hre. Indicate the appeal of the classical age . Thousands of independent, self sufficient landed estates. Dark ages = european early middle ages.
