Transcript Invaders - MR Alves Class

Invaders
Europe and Invaders
Shape of the Class
 Invader Videos – who are the players
 Introduction – Fall of Western Roman Empire
 Invaders and their targets
 Activity – Groups
 Activity – Map the Invasions
 Conclusion
 Homework
Germanic Invasion
 Germanic Tribes some working for Rome
others been fighting Rome for Years
 Invaded Roman territories
 Setting up colonies
 Scattering of tribes took over when Western
Roman Empire collapses
 Dark Ages
Muslim Invaders
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North Africa Tribe called Berbers also called Moors

Had converted to Islam in 8th century

Invaded across the Mediterranean Sea and pushed
out Visigoths from most of Spain & Portugal 711-718 –
Reconquista started in 722 in Asturias

Pushed all the way to Northern Spain where they
were defeated by Charles Martel in Southern France
at Tours 732
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For the next 300 years Christians pushed back Muslims
from Spain and Portugal
Vikings
Viking Raiders
 Raided all of Europe from the North
(Sweden, Norway, and Denmark)
 Looking for plunder is the traditional
view
 Reality was plunder, but also
established settlements in coastal
areas of France, England, Russia, and
other areas
 Travelled West to Iceland, Greenland,
and even NFLD around 1050 AD
 Controversey -Not necessarily the First
Europeans in North America.
 One of the first contact between
Europeans and First Nations
Six Months in a
Leaky Boat
Unity
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Clovis fought other Germanic Tribes and started to
create a Frankish territory in France 481. Converted to
Christianity
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Charles Martell, stopped the Muslims in Spain and
began the Reconquista in 732 at Tours, France
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Pepin, Martel’s son, became the first King of the
Franks in 751. His son was Charlegmane
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Roman Catholic Church was still active and in many
ways kept towns functioning due to their
administrative capabilities, took after the Romans
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Byzantium, while Western Europe collapse, The
Eastern Roman Empire survived under Muslim attacks
and attacks from Germanic Tribes in the West.
Activity
 Read two different account about the
Viking attack on the town of York.
 Using a Venn Diagram- write the facts about
the first account on the left circle. Now right
the facts about the second account on the
right circle. In the middle circle, write what
both account have exactly in common.
Mapping Activity
 Map the countries of Western Europe that were
dealing with Invasion during the early Middle
ages i.e. Britain, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy,
Spain, Portugal, Germany, and colour the
Byzantium Empire in Red(Greece and Turkey).
 Map the Invaders from Scandinavia (Sweden,
Norway and Denmark). Muslims (Morocco and
Algeria). Draw arrows from the invading
countries to the European Countries they
invaded or raided.
 Map following European cities and towns –
London, Rome, Paris Aachen, Toledo, Cordoba,
Lisbon, Constantinople, Tours, and Venice,
Conclusion
 Time of chaos
 No one power in control in Western Europe
although an Empire still existed in Byzantium
 Church, the administrators of government
toke over from Romans
 Wars, but also the beginning of a powerful
uniting force.
Homework
 Chapter 10 PP#258-260
 Describe Charlemagne or Draw a Picture