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Contents

CHAPTER FOCUS

SECTION 1 Village Life

SECTION 2 The Conquerors

CHAPTER SUMMARY & STUDY GUIDE

CHAPTER ASSESSMENT

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Chapter Focus 1

Overview

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• Chapter 17 discusses the Germanic impact on western Europe.

– Section 1 compares the cultures of the Romans and the Germans.

– Section 2 describes the Germanic invasions and the end of the Roman Empire.

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Chapter Focus 2

Objectives

• describe family life in German villages.

After studying this chapter, you will be able to:

• analyze how the love of battle and their laws influenced the Germans.

• discuss what role the Goths and the Vandals played in the decline of the Roman Empire.

• describe what replaced the Roman Empire in the West.


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Chapter Focus 2

Read to Discover

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• What life was like in German villages

• How the Germans’ laws and love of battle influenced them

• What role the Goths and Vandals played in the decline of the Roman Empire

• What replaced the Roman Empire in the West

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• Valhalla

• Danube River valley

Chapter Focus 3

• clans

• chieftain • blood feuds • oath-helpers • ordeal • wergeld

• Wodan

• Thor • Attila • Alaric • Odoacer • Theodoric

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During the first 400 years after the birth of Christ, the Germans left the forests and marshes of northern Europe in search of warmer climates and better grazing land for their cattle. They slowly drifted south toward the Roman Empire.Attracted by Rome’s wealth and culture, the Germans hoped to live peacefully within the empire’s borders. However, the Romans considered them enemies and for many years fought to keep the Germans out of Rome. By 300 A.D., however, the empire had begun its long decline and could no longer turn back the Germans. So the Romans allowed groups of Germans to move into the Danube River valley, where a blending of German and Roman ways took place.

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Why It’s Important

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Section 1-1

Village Life• Although the Germans took part in

Roman life, they also kept much of their own culture.

• They lived in villages of thatched roof huts surrounded by farmlands and pastures.

• Women, children, and enslaved people did most farm work.

• German dress was simple.

• The Germans so strongly believed in hospitality that it was against the law to turn away anyone who came to the door.

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Section 1-2

Village Life (cont.)


• Feasting, drinking, and dancing were favorite German pastimes.

• The Germans spoke a language that later became modern German.

• At first, they could not read or write, because their language had no alphabet.

• Gradually, they began to use Roman letters to write their own language.

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Section 1-3


• German men were warriors, spending most of their time fighting, hunting, or making weapons.

• The Germans were divided into clans, or groups based on family ties.

• At first, the Germans gave their greatest loyalty to their clan but later shifted their loyalty to a chieftain, a military leader.

• The chieftains provided their men with leadership, weapons, and adventure.

• German warrior bands were small and did not have fixed plans of fighting.

Warriors

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• The Germans' love of battle was closely linked to their religion, and they expected warriors to win in battle or die trying.

• The chief god, Wodan, was the god of war, poetry, learning, and magic and his son Thor was the god of war and thunder.

• The Germans believed that goddesses carried warriors who died in battle into the afterlife to Wodan’s hall, called Valhalla, to feast and fight forever.

Section 1-4


• A successful attack provided warriors with enslaved people, cattle, and other treasures.

Warriors (cont.)

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Section 1-5


• Unlike the Romans who believed the law came from the emperor, the Germans believed that the law came from the people, requiring public approval for any changes.

• Reckless, often drunken, fighting caused problems in German villages.

• Courts were established to keep such fights from becoming blood feuds, or quarrels in which the families of the original fighters seek revenge.

Law

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Section 1-6


• Germans who were accused of a crime would profess their innocence in an oath, and that oath would be defended by an oath-helper, who swore that the accused spoke the truth.

• Sometimes guilt or innocence would be decided by ordeal, a severe trial, in which the accused would walk on red-hot coals or be bound and thrown in the water.

• If the burns healed in three days or if the accused sank, he was considered innocent.

• Courts also could impose fines called wergeld on a person judged as guilty.

Law (cont.)

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Section 1-Assessment 1

Section Assessment

What were some of the duties of a German chieftain?

Chieftains gave their men leadership, weapons, and a chance for wealth and adventure. They also kept peace among warriors and sometimes provided them with food and shelter.

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Section Assessment (cont.)

What were some features of German religion?

It had many gods who fought and hunted. The chief gods of the German religion were Woden and Thor. Germans also believed that goddesses carried the spirits of fallen warriors to Valhalla for eternal feasting and fighting.


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Making Inferences Why do you think hospitality was so important to the Germans?

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Its strengths were that it helped settle quarrels, and kept the peace. Its primary weakness was that it did not treat people fairly since penalties were determined by a person’s wealth and importance.



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Section 2-1

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The Conquerors• The Goths were a Germanic people who

lived in the Balkan Peninsula of Europe.

• In the late 300s the Huns, led by Attila, or “Little Daddy,” attacked both the Ostrogoths (East Goths) and the Visigoths (West Goths).

• After the Huns conquered the East Goths, the West Goths asked the Roman emperor for protection.

• Before long, trouble broke out between the West Goths and Roman officials.

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Section 2-2


The Conquerors (cont.)

• Finally, the West Goths rebelled against the Romans and defeated them at the Battle of Adrianople in 378.

• In 410, led by Alaric, they captured and looted Rome and continued on to Gaul and then to Spain, ending the Roman rule in Spain and driving out the Vandals.

• In 455, the Vandals attacked and burned Rome, but spared the lives of the Romans.

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Section 2-3


• The Germanic invasions were one of the three main reasons the Roman Empire in the West began to fall.

• In 476, a German general named Odoacer took control and ruled the western empire in his own name for almost 15 years.

• Later the East Goths, led by Theodoric, took Italy, killed Odoacer, and set up their own kingdom.


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Section 2-3


• By 550, the Roman Empire in the West had faded away, replaced by six major and a great many minor Germanic kingdoms.

• Many Roman beliefs and practices remained to shape later civilizations.


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Section Assessment

What happened to the East Goths in the late 300s? What effect did this have on the West Goths?

They were conquered by the Huns. It led them to ask the Roman emperor for protection.


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What did the Vandals do after leaving Spain?


They crossed the Mediterranean to North Africa, became pirates, and attacked and burned Rome.

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What replaced the Roman Empire in the West?

Six major and many minor Germanic kingdoms replaced the Roman Empire in the West.


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Predicting Consequences What do you think might have happened if Roman officials had treated the West Goths fairly? Explain.

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378–Romans defeated at Battle of Adrianople; 410–West Goths capture Rome; 455–Vandals attack and burn Rome; 476–Odoacer takes control of the western empire; 550–six major and many minor Germanic kingdoms replace the western Roman empire.



Refer to the diagram on page 272, and use it to describe important events in the fall of Rome. (Key dates are given.)


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Chapter Summary 1

Chapter Summary & Study Guide• About 300 A.D., groups of Germans began

settling in the Roman Empire.

• German warriors were organized into bands, headed by military chieftains.

• The Germans’ love of battle was closely linked to their religion.

• The Germans determined a person’s guilt or innocence through use of oath-helpers and by ordeal.


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Chapter Summary 2

Chapter Summary & Study Guide (cont.)


• The Germans believed that law came from the people and that a ruler could not change a law.

• The Huns conquered the East Goths and forced the West Goths to turn to Rome for protection.

• Harsh treatment of the West Goths by the Romans set off a chain of events leading to the capture of Rome in 410 A.D.

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Chapter Summary 3

Chapter Summary & Study Guide (cont.)

• A Germanic chieftain took control of Rome in 476 A.D., and by 550 A.D., the Roman Empire had been replaced by a number of Germanic kingdoms.

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Chapter Assessment 1

Understanding the Main Idea

Why did the Germans begin to move south toward the Roman Empire?

The Germans were looking for a warmer climate, grazing land, wealth, and culture.

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Why were the Germans allowed to cross the borders of the Roman Empire?

They were allowed to cross because the Romans realized they were not strong enough to keep them out



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How did German warriors show their loyalty to their chieftain?

They obeyed in battle and some gave their chieftains credit for their own brave deeds.



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What did the Germans believe the afterlife would be like for warriors?

They believed that deceased warriors spent their afterlife in Valhalla, where they would feast and fight forever.



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According to German beliefs, from what source did law come?

The law came from the people.



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What was the reason for the German ordeal by water?

They believed water would accept anyone who was pure and reject anyone who was not pure.


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Why did the West Goths want to enter the Roman Empire?

They wanted to enter because they were afraid the Huns would conquer them.



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What happened to Rome after its capture by Odoacer in 476 A.D.?

Odoacer did not pick an emperor. Instead, he ruled the empire in his own name for 15 years, until the East Goths invaded and killed him.



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What parts of Roman culture did the Germans adopt? What parts of their own culture did they keep?

They became farmers, traded with Romans, and joined the Roman army. Some became Christians. They lived in villages and spoke what later became modern German.

Critical Thinking


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Imagine you will soon become a Germanic chieftain. Explain what you would provide for your band of warriors.

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Critical Thinking

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What would you have liked and disliked about living in a German village?

Answers will vary.


Critical Thinking

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Do you believe the penalty for a crime should depend on a person’s wealth or importance? If not, on what should it depend? Explain.

Answers will vary.


Critical Thinking

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Place Refer to the map on page 271 of your textbook. Access to the sea played an important role in the economy of each Germanic kingdom. Which kingdom had the longest seacoast? About how many miles long was it?

Ostrogoth; about 2,000 miles

Geography in History


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“If I may join your army I swear on our god of war, Zeus, I will fight hard. I have a letter from my chieftain saying I am a good warrior.” Why would this warrior speaking to a Roman not be considered a true German?

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History Online

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Global Chronology


378 A.D. Battle of Adrianople

300 A.D.Romans allow groups of Germans to cross their borders

455 A.D. Vandals sack Rome

410 A.D. Alaric captures Rome

550 A.D. Roman Empire is replaced by Germanic kingdoms

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People in History 1.1

Theodoric was king of the East Goths, a Germanic people from eastern Europe. When Rome fell in 476 A.D., he took part in the struggle. About 500 A.D., Theodoric declared himself king of Italy. As king, he encouraged the Roman and Germanic peoples to get along. He respected Roman customs, and during his reign peace and prosperity returned.

Theodoric the Great c. 454 A.D.-526 A.D.

Germanic King

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