Warm Up #3 Take out a piece of paper, put your name on it and write your answers in complete sentences 1.Who converted to Catholicism on 12/25/496 AD?

Warm Up #3

Take out a piece of paper, put your name on it and write your answers in complete sentences

1. Who converted to Catholicism on 12/25/496 AD?

2. Describe the relationship between the Ostrogoths and the Byzantine Empire

3. How did Justinian plan to circumvent the Silk Road?

European History569-660 AD

The Spread of Christianity, The Dark Ages and the rise of Feudalism

Major Events & Figures

Take out your notes, do not use the paper you just did your warm-up on!

The Lombards (Langobards or Longbeards)

Pope Gregory IAugustine of CanterburyMuhammadMayor of the palace

Mr. Morrow what did we learn again yesterday?

Clovis I became King of the Franks, converted to Christianity and expanded his Empire in Western Europe.

Justinian I became Emperor of Rome (Byzantium) and re-established control in Italy, the Balkans, North Africa and Spain.

The Lombards migrated from Pannonia to the Italian peninsula.

The Angles, Saxons and Jutes began their migration into Britain.

572 AD

Byzantine Emperor Justin II breaks peace with Persia and invades Nisibis

Lombards take the Byzantine stronghold of Pavia and establish the Kingdom of the Lombards in Northern Italy

576 AD

The Visigoths, under King Liuvigold continue to expand their power in the Iberian peninsula, establishing their capital at Toledo

Gokturks under Tardu cross into the Crimea and besiege Panticapaeum

583 AD

April – Fire devastates Constantinople

May – Earthquake strikes Constantinople

The Avars advance from the Danube to the walls of Constantinople

584 AD

The Lombards, Avars, Slavs and Visigoths all win military victories over the Byzantine Empire and gain territory at their expense.

586 AD

Constantine of Kernyw converts to Christianity

Dumnonia is the Southwestern most peninsula of Britain

587 AD

Reccared, King of the Visigoths, renounces Arianism and adopts Catholicism

588 AD

The Lombards convert to Christianity

589 AD

The plague reaches rome, killing Pope Pelagius II

593 AD

The Byzantines push back the Slavs, Avars & Gepids and cross the Danube into Wallachia

596 AD

Pope Gregory I sends Augustine of Canterbury to England to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity

600 AD

Smallpox arrives in Europe for the first time

Augustine of Canterbury converts King Ethelbert of Kent to Christianity

607 AD

The Pantheon in Rome is converted into a church

609 AD

The city of Edessa is taken from the Byzantine Empire by the Sassanids (Persians).

610 AD

Heraclius overthrows the Byzantine Emperor and changes the official language from Latin to Greek

The Avars attempt and fail to invade Italy

613 AD

Clotaire II reunites the Frankish kingdoms under one King

Muhammad begins preaching Islam in Mecca

614 AD

The Persian Empire sacks Jerusalem; sets fire to the church of the Holy Sepulchre and captures the True Cross.

615 AD

The Edict of Paris grants extensive rights to the Frankish Nobility.

Pippin of Landen becomes Mayor of the Austrasian Palace

The Turks invade China

619 AD

Kubrat, ruler of the Bulgars, is baptized in Constantinople

620 AD

Medina is converted to Islam

624 AD

The Visigoths recapture Andalusia from the Byzantine Empire.

626 AD

The Byzantines defeat the Avars, Slavs and Persian army that attempted to besiege Constantinople.

627 AD

Emperor Heraclius defeats the Persians at the Battle of Nineveh

Paulinus, a Roman missionary, baptizes King Edwin of Deira

The western Goturks storm and sack the Caspian Gates at Derbent

628-629 AD

The Byzantine Empire and the western Gokturks take Ctesiphon, Tbilisi and Jerusalem from the Persian Empire

630 AD

Croats and Serbs settle in the Balkans, invited by the Byzantine Emperor, Heraclius

Muhammad sets out to capture Mecca by force

632 AD

Muhammad dies

634 AD

The Rashidun Caliphate starts the Islamic conquest of the Byzantine Empire

636 AD

The Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate defeat the Byzantine army at the battle of Yarmouk. This completes the muslim conquest of Syria

637 AD

The Rashidun Caliphate conquers Ctesiphon, Jerusalem, Aleppo and Antioch from the Persian and Byzantine Empires

640 AD

Prince Porga of Croatia requests Christian teachers be sent to his provinces from the Byzantine Empire

Muslim armies invade Egypt, controlled by the Byzantine Empire

641 – 642 AD

Alexandria and Caesarea are both surrendered by the Byzantine Empire to the Muslim Arabs

Arabs also conquer Persia

646 AD

After briefly retaking Alexandria, the Byzantines are ousted from Egypt by the Arabs, ending 1,000 years of Greco-Roman rule.

647 AD

The Muslims invade Carthage and kill the local Byzantine governor, Gregory the Patrician at the Battle of Sufetula

650 AD

Khazars defeat the Great Bulgarian Empire and the Rashidun Arabs, establishing a Kingdom in Southern Russia

658 AD

Cadwaladr launches the last Welsh offensive against the Saxons in Britain

Pair Share 3-2-1

Pair up with a neighbor (A pair is 2, not 1, not 3, unless otherwise instructed)

Discuss at least 3 significant events that were taught today, and how you think they changed the world.

Discuss 2 people from today’s lecture, focusing on what they did that was important.

Discuss 1 place that we talked about today, where it is located and how it must have felt to have lived there.

When you are finished discussing, each person will write down a summary of their discussion on the paper that they did their warm-up on. Be sure to include the points highlighted in blue for each topic.

You have 12 minutes! Be productive with your time.

Major Ideas from today’s lesson

Instability leads to a power vacuumNew threats from the East place a large

burden on the Byzantine & Persian Empires

Christianity is spread through conversion of leaders

Warfare and plague keep the population of Europe in check

Islam changes the balance of power

Quiz Time!

Write the # of the question and the letter of the answer on your warm-up paper.

1. In 583 Constantinople was hit with:A. A plague, A fire and A famineB. A fire, a famine and an earthquakeC. An invasion, a fire and an earthquakeD. An earthquake, a plague and a famine

Question #2

The plague reaches Rome in 589 and kills this significant personA. The PopeB. The PatriarchC. The KingD. The Emperor

Question #3

A new religion began on the Arabian peninsula called _______.A. IslamB. BuddhismC. ShintoismD. Catholicism

Question #4

In the Byzantine empire, the official language is changed from:A. Greek to LatinB. Latin to EnglishC. English to GreekD. Latin to Greek

Question #5

What major empire disappeared into the pages of history after its defeat to the arab caliphate in 642 AD?A. The Kingdom of the VandalsB. The Sassanid EmpireC. The Macedonian EmpireD. The Kingdom of Mali

Reminder

Tomorrow you will have a substitute! Yay for you! Make sure you are respectful, and complete the assignment that will be left for you.

Make sure you write down your name on your warm-up/pair share/quiz paper. When the bell rings, turn it in to the basket.

Remember your assignment on the spread of Christianity in Europe is due on Friday.

You are receiving assignments 6.2, 6.7 & 6.9

6.2 is due on Friday 1/11/20136.7 is due on Thursday 1/24/20136.9 is due on Friday 1/25/2013

Make sure you write these dates down in your agenda!

Now let’s go over each assignment.

Log out of your computer and take out your agenda!