Transcript CAUSE/EFFECT

Chapter 3 Lesson 1
Collapse
of Rome
Why Rome Collapsed
Political Confusion
Economic weaknesses
Invasions
Weak government
22 emperors in 50 years
Soldiers attacked farms
Germanic tribes
Civil war
Less money and higher
food prices
Persian tribes
High taxes
Inflation
No loyalty - $
Lost of values – honor,
honesty, courage
Loss of jobs
Lack of education
Barter system – traded
for items not money
Bribes
CAUSE/EFFECT
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1. PEOPLE HAD LESS MONEY
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2. ROMAN SOLDIERS AND FOREIGN
INVADERS DISRUPTED TRADE
A. THERE WAS A STEEP RISE IN PRICES
AND A DECLINE IN THE VALUE OF MONEY
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3. FARMERS AND MERCHANTS RAISED
PRICES TO MAKE PROFITS
B. THE NEW COINS HAD A REDUCED
VALUE
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4. THE GOVERNMENT PRODUCED COINS
WITH LESS GOLD AND SILVER IN THEM
C. THERE WERE FOOD SHORTAGES AND
SOARING PRICES
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5. THE VALUE OF ROMAN COINS
DECREASED
D. PEOPLE BEGAN TO BARTER INSTEAD
OF USING MONEY
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E. MERCHANTS WENT OUT OF BUSINESS
6. MERCHANTS SAW PROFITS DECLINE
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F. PEOPLE BOUGHT FEWER GOODS
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DIOCLETAN
REFORMS
PROBLEMS
1.
BUILD FORTS ALONG FRONTIER
1.
POLITICAL CONFUSION
2.
DIVIDE THE EMPIRE INTO 4
PARTS
2.
ECONOMIC WEAKNESSES
3.
ARMY TOO STRONG
3.
SET MAXIMUM PRICES FOR
WAGES AND GOODS
4.
ORDERED WORKERS TO
REMAIN IN JOBS
5.
HELD LOCAL OFFICIALS
RESPONSIBLE FOR TAXES
SUCCESS OR NOT
OVERALL NO BECAUSE HE WAS A
WEAK LEAADER AND PEOPLE
IGNORED REFORMS: HOWEVER,
1.
FORTS – SUCCESS – BECAUSE
2.
DIVIDE EMPIRE – SUCCESS –
BECAUSE
3.
SET WAGES – SUCCESS –
BECAUSE
4.
WORKERS – NOT SUCCESS –
BECAUSE
5.
LOCAL OFFICIALS – NOT
SUCCESS – BECAUSE
Constantine
1.
Tried to reinforce reforms of
Diocletan
2.
Wanted a stable workforce
and military
3.
People did the same job as
their fathers
4.
Moved the capital from
Rome to present day Turkey
the Greek city of Byzantium
5.
New capital name:
CONSTANTINOPLE
6.
THEODOSIS took over after
Constantine died and broke
the empire into 2 parts:
Eastern and Western
GERMANIC INVADERS
HUNS
VISIGOTHS
VANDALS
GROUP OF WARRIERS FROM
MONGOLIA
ASKED TO SETTLE IN ROME FOR
PROTECTION FROM HUNS
ATTACKED SPAIN AND NORTHERN
AFRICA
FEARED BY MANY
PROMISED TO BE LOYAL
ENTERED EASTERN EUROPE IN 300S
TREATED BADLY BY ROMANS
ATTACKED ITALY AND ENTERED
ROME IN AD 455
FORCED PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR
BETTER FARMLAND AND MORE
LIVESTOCK
CHARGED HIGH PRICES AND
ENSLAVED
REBELED AND DEFEATED THE
ROMANS AT ADRIANOPLE
ALSO CAPTURED ROME AND
LOOTED THE CITY (LEADER ALARIC)
SPENT 2 WEEKS TAKING THE
VALUABLES AND BELONGINGS OF
THE ROMANS
DESTROYED PROPERTY
IMPACT OF GERMANIC INVADERS
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BY AD 400S THE GERMANIC INVADERS WERE PART OF ROMAN LEADERSHIP
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GERMANIC GENERAL NAMED ODACER OVERTHREW 14 YEAR OLD
ROMULUS AUGUSTULUS
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HE RULED FOR 15 YEARS AND WAS KILLED BY THE VISGOTHS
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WESTERN EMPIRE CEASED TO EXIST
Roman empire splits
Eastern empire
Western empire
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Constantinople is capital
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Numerous attacks
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It thrives and prospers
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Rome falls in ad 476
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It becomes the Byzantine Empire
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It is divided into Germanic kingdoms
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Last almost 1,000 years
ROME’S LEGACIES
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LAW AND GOVERNMENT – EQUALITY UNDER THE LAW; INNOCENT UNTIL
PROVEN GUILTY; FAIR JUDGES; PEOPLE VOTE
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CULTURAL IMPACT – LATIN ALPHABET; LATIN LANGUAGES SUCH AS FRENCH,
SPANISH, AND ITALIAN; LATIN ROOTS AND PHRASES; ROMAN WRITEERS LIKE
HORACE AND TACTITUS; ARCHITECTURE LIKE THE COLOSEUM
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CHRISITAINITY – ADOPTED BY ROMANS IN AD 300S BY EMPERORS; GREW
AND SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD; ONE OF THE 5 MAJOR RELIGIONS OF
THE WORLD TODAY
BYZANTINE EMPIRE
EASTERN ROMAN EMPIRE
CAPITAL CITY – CONSTANTINOPLE
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MULTICULTURAL - ROMANS, GREEKS, SLAVS, EGYPTIANS
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VERY ADVANCED
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GOOD TRADE PORT (PENINSULA)- FISHING, TRADE, AND WARSHIPS
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PROTECTION FROM THE SEA ON 3 SIDES
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BECAME KNOWN AS THE “NEW ROME”
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HIPPODROME – CHARIOT RACES
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HAD TO SPEAK LATIN AND FOLLOW ROMAN LAWS – GAVE BREAD TO THE
POOR
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LATER GREEKS BEGAN TO INFLUENCE THE REGION - SPEECH AND WRITING
JUSTINIAN VS. THEODORA
JUSTINIAN
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RULED FROM 527 – 565 AD.
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HAD LEGAL SCHOLARS HEADED BY TRIBONIAN TO
CREATE A SIMPLER CODE OF LAWS
THEODORA
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JUSTINIAN’S WIFE
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BEAUTIFUL, AMBITIOUS, AND
INTELLIGENT
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HAD A LOT OF ARCHITECTURE DONE ESPECIALLY
CHURCHES - ONE CHURCH WAS CALLED HAGIA
SOPHIA – “Holy wisdom” - marble and silver –
Many mosaics and saints in church
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HE VALUED EDUCATION AND BOYS STUDIED
RELIGION, MEDICINE, LAW, ETC.
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HELPED TO CHOOSE THE LEADERS
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HE WANTED TO RESTORE ROMAN EMPIRE – HE
USED CALVARY (SOLDIERS ON HORSES) WITH
BOWS AND LANCES (LONG SPEARS)
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GAVE RIGHTS TO WOMEN SUCH AS
OWNING LAND
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HIS ARMY WON MANY TERRORITIES INCLUDING
ITALY AND NORTHERN AFRICA UNTIL A DISEASE
KNOWN AS JUSTINIAN’S PLAGUE KILLED MANY
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GAVE HER HUSBAND STRENGTH
POLITICALLY
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LOST MANY LANDS AFTER HIS DEATH