HIST 1001 Final: Final Terms
Document Summary
Transformation of the mediterranean world: greeks, germans and muslims. Germanic migrations and the fall of rome: germanic migrations. The islamic world: geography and pre-islamic culture, muhammad and the birth of islam, the caliphs and the spread of islam. Visigoths a germanic tribe displaced by the huns who originally move to constantinoble but leave after defeating the emperor valins to make it to north africa. After a generation they are converted to christianity, know little of their farming roots, and sack rome. Eventually aquire the region of aquitaine in france. Huns nomadic people from asia who begin attacking germanic villages forcing them to leave. 410 rome is sacked by the visigoths marking the first time in almost 800 years rome is sacked. Attila, 434-453- a hun who attacked roman lands. Romans and visigoths in 410 at the battle of chalons. Romulus augustulus, 475-476 last roman emperor of the west who was deposed by.
