[HIST 2220] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (13 pages long)

• School: York University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 2220
• Professor: Rachel Koopmans

Document Summary

The largest, wealthiest, and most stable empire in the ancient world. Stretched from scotland to the sahara desert, and spain to the persian gulf. Later split into two halves: western roman empire o. By the 7th century ce, barbarian kingdoms are rising: very fragmented and set up different politically than byzantium. Roman law is the basis for medieval law. Roman emperor constantine legalized and spread christianity throughout europe o o. Charlemagne and the foundation of the holy roman empire (hre) Most of the new kingdoms throughout europe are building out of wood, not stone o. Stone buildings of rome must have been awe inspiring. Finally lost its purchase in the 18th century: newton wrote in latin, morphs into other languages. Benedict"s rule / texts: one of the hundreds of texts written in roman empire and studied throughout medieval. Libraries throughout medieval europe are filled with old roman texts. Monasticism was invented by the romans o.