1. Start of the Dark Ages (Middle Ages)
2.6 How did the Islamic world make contact with Europe?
3.1 How did religion influence the cultural unity of Europe?
3.4 How did Farmable land create conflict in Medieval Europe

2. What does the Middle Ages remind you of?
Knights

3. Castles!

4. Periodization Early Middle Ages: 500 – 1000
High Middle Ages: – 1250
Late Middle Ages:

5. The beginning…Early Middle Ages
Decline of Roman Empire
Rise of Northern Europe
New forms of government
Heavy “Romanization” (religion, language, laws, architecture, government)
Latin- “medium aevum” means “middle age” and is source of English word “medieval”

6. Why is the Middle Ages called the Dark Ages?
The Roman Empire collapsed leading to the Dark Ages.
Rome represented a bright civilization that established order, government, clean water, impressive architecture, and the list goes on and on…
Historians later started calling the Middle Ages the Dark ages.

7. Who is left after Rome falls?
Germanic Tribes (Barbarians): The Franks take Gaul, Angles and Saxons take Britain, Visigoths take Spain.
Byzantine Empire- Is still hanging around. (Formally the eastern half of the Roman Empire)
The Religion of Islam will arise in 622 AD

8. Europe in the 6c

9. Lets Be Frank, (The Franks are the Strongest Barbarians)
The Franks were farmers than lived in small communities in Northern Europe
In 486 King Clovis of the Franks conquered Gaul
Clovis preserved many Roman customs, one was the Latin language.
Clovis Converted to Christianity and the Franks became a Christian Kingdom.
Christian Kingdoms will come in contact with a new religion

10. Rise of Islam in the Middle East
Founder: Muhammad
Born: 571 AD in Mecca, Arabia
Descendant of Abraham
Titles: The prophet, the messenger
Holy Book: The Koran
Islam is recognized as an official religion as of 622 AD

11. What do Muslims Believe?
One God
Mohammad is Gods (last) prophet
Believe Jesus was a real person just not the son of God.
Must travel to Mecca at least once in a believers lifetime (hajj)
Islam, Christianity, and Judaism are very similar.
They are Monotheistic
The all clam Abraham as their ancestor

12. The Spread of Islam
Islamic peoples quickly spread across the Middle East and Northern Africa.

13. Culture Clash: Christian vs. Muslim
Muslims invaded Europe taking all of Spain.
Next they turned their sights on Gaul.
Who was the Powerful
Germanic Tribe that was
already in Gaul?
The Franks

14. Frankish King Charles (the Hammer) Martel
Clovis’s Grandson Charles Martel is credited with the victory over the Muslims of the Battle of Tours (732 AD),
which was an important event in world history due to the fact that it prevented Muslim expansion throughout Western Europe. 
Think about it – it would be a different world, wouldn’t it? Why?
founding father of heavy cavalry (Also known as Knights), and chivalry

15. Charles’s Son Pepin the Short (Not as Cool of a Nickname)
Pepin Gave some land in Italy to the Pope, that land is now called the Vatican.
The Pope then clamed to be Gods special reprehensive on earth. (Roman catholic Church gains power)
This starts a special
relationship between the
Kings of Europe and the
Pope in Rome.

16. Pepin’s Son Charlemagne (Charles the Great)
Charlemagne embraced the idea of being a Christian King
Charlemagne set up schools that made copies of the Bible
Then, all of a sudden Pope Leo III crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor
Charlemagne’s Frankish Kingdom will be split up between his three Grandsons

17. Front Page Newspaper Article (Battle of Tours)
After the video, Imagine you’re a journalist during the time of Charles Martel (around 700AD)
Create a Newspaper article on the Battle of Tours
Include the following:
Name of Newspaper (Caswell Messenger…)
What was the Battle of Tours? Who fought? who won? Who was the main leader?
Why is it important. Explain in detail.
A short time line of the early middle ages 1.The fall of Rome (479AD) 2.King Clovis of the Franks converts to Christianity (496AD) 3. Rise of Islam (622AD) 4. Islam Spreads ( )-The Battle of Tours (732AD) 5. Charlemagne become holy Roman Emperor (800AD)
Pictures of events