AGES OF HISTORY (part 2) Middle Ages

Ages of History Last classes it’s been studied that History is divided in Prehistory and Human History. Prehistory is………. Human History is……… What has marked up the beginning and end of each age, has been studied too. Antiquity was studied too, and we found out that it beginning with the origin of the writing process, and to specify a date in 776 BC with the First Greek Olympiads; and it end with the Fall of the Roman Empire (western side) in 476 AD.

MIDDLE AGES The Middle Ages or Medieval Ages, is a period from the 5th century through the 15th century. It starts with the Fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476, ends with the Fall of Constantinople in It is the middle period among Classical History (Antiquity) and Modern Era. The term was coined in the 15th century and reflects the view that this period was a deviation from the path of classical learning, a path supposedly reconnected by Renaissance scholarship.

MIDDLE AGES This period of History was marked up my several events and has been divided in two stages: Early and High. Early Middle Ages goes until around the year High Middle Ages goes from that point to the Fall of Constantinople.

EARLY MIDDLE AGES At the beginning of the Medieval times, the Western Roman Empire had fallen, Bavarian and other Germanic tribes had siezed Rome and the what before use to be an organized territory in continuing growth, had broken down. For this certain historians call this period as Dark Ages. Thus this age is basically an age of Europe History, of the several battles and depressions in a society collapsing.

EARLY MIDDLE AGES Some important events of this period are: – The collapse of Rome – The migration period – The Rise of the Byzantine Empire – The Rise of Islam – Resurgence of Latin West – Viking Age – Christianity is spread

The Collapse of Rome