European History A Brief Summary
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The Romans Ruled much of Europe Built roads and aqueducts Culture influenced later generations Romans ruled from c 500 B.C. to c 400 A.D.
Greece – Parthenon
Parthenon – Nashville, TN
Rome - Colosseum
Roman Aqueduct
The Roman Empire
Constantine II © 2006 Jon Benignus
Roman Commemorative © 2006 Jon Benignus /
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The Fall of Rome _Barbarian_Migrations.JPG
Europe AD
Reuniting Europe Charlemagne – c 800 A.D. –Holy Roman Empire Napoleon – c 1800 –France Adolph Hitler – c 1940 –Germany
Charlemagne’s Empire u/Dept/Hy/Ashley/hy105/Map _- _Empire_of_Charlemagne_to _814.JPG
The Crusades
Europe AD The Renaissance
Europe 1600 AD Reformation uther_map_christian_religions_europe.jp g
Napoleon’s Empire
Germany vs. France Germany United in 1871 –Franco-Prussian War World War I World War II Invaded France 3 times in 70 years
Hitler’s Germany a.org/wikipedia/comm ons/7/7e/Second_wor ld_war_europe_ _map_en.png
Stopping the Germans Treaty of Versailles –Vindictive peace Maginot Line –Germans walked around it The European Union
The EU Formed in 1957 Has expanded to 27 countries today
Soviet Bloc Europe split after WWII –W. Europe and Soviet Bloc Western Democracies formed: – NATO – Military Alliance – EU – Economic Organization Eastern Communists formed: – Warsaw Pact – Military Alliance
NATO vs. the Soviet Bloc
Fall of the Soviet Bloc Soviet Bloc fell apart in the early 1990s Former Soviet Bloc countries join the West –NATO and the EU
20 th Century European History World War I World War II Cold War European Union
You will be tested on... Rise and fall of the Soviet Bloc The unification of Europe through the EU