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Europe before 1400: The Medieval Age What problem needs to be solved first?
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Century to Year Conversion -1400s is the ________ Century. Clue: 1500s is the 16 th Century -1900s is the _______ Century. -We live in the _________ Century -3 rd Century is the _____s. -21 st Century is the ____s. And now you know!
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Great Civilizations of Ancient Europe: -The Greeks: Known for ___________________________________ Conquered by the Romans in 146 BC - The Romans: Known for ___________________________________ Created Catholicism (Catholic) as THE ONLY religion Fell in 476 AD (late 5 th Century)
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Results of the fall of Rome (5 th Century) -Empire splits into rival parts Lots of war Parts become European countries -No central government to protect people People look for protection and order -Fall of Rome = beginning of Medieval Europe and Feudalism Protection is a basic human need. How would you protect yourself and your family if you lived then?
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When you think of Medieval Age, what images or words come to mind?
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Medieval Europe - Overview Five important problems of Medieval Europe: 1.Social Backwardness 2.Famine/Food Shortages 3.War 4.Disease 5.Lack of natural resources
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Social Backwardness -Feudalism is (define): Royalty/Pope… Nobles… Knights… Peasants… -Education was… -Medicine was based on… -Science was… -Religion was… Medieval Europe
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A Witch! Example of European backwardness
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Medieval Europe (Part 2) Which problem does Europe need to solve first?
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Famine -Famine (define): -Can be caused by…
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One day, all of a sudden…
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Vikings Why did they start attacking other people?
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War in Medieval Europe: Vikings - From… (describe their life) - Polytheistic (define) Gods: Heaven: ▫ Got to heaven by… ◦ noblest way to die…
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- A Viking Attack Longboats: Weapons: peasants in Europe only had… View of death: - Europeans could not stop the Vikings’ attacks!
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Why did the Vikings decide to start attacking other people? How do you defeat them?
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Why are we talking about Vikings? − Did the Vikings “discover” America first? Leif Erickson… Call settlement… Abandon because…
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Viking facts and myths Vikings did not wear helmets with horns. According to Viking mythology: -World divided into 3 tiers, part of a large cosmic tree -Travel between the 9 realms on the bifrost (a rainbow bridge) -Azgard: home of the gods -Midgard: Earth -Helheim/Neflheim: home of the dark elves -Thor and Lokie were not brothers -Thor: the ideal warrior and what all warriors tried to be like -Odin: seeker and keeper of knowledge but also incited war just for fun. Vikings feared him because he had a temper -Loki: God of trickery, loved to cause mischief, son of giants though Laufey was his mother (not his father). -Sif: female warrior from Asgard who marries Thor
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Wars in Medieval Europe: the Mongols -Mongols came from… -Really good at… -First to use… -They conquered… -Opened Europe to… Wars between European Counties -Countries trying to… -War is… Lack of Natural Resources -Natural Resources (define): -Bad for Europe because…
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Medieval Europe Disease: -Bubonic Plague (define) -It came from… -It killed…. -Disease was…
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Medieval Europe - Review Five important problems of Medieval Europe: 1.Social Backwardness 2.Famine/Food Shortages 3.War 4.Disease 5.Lack of natural resources
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Short Answer Quiz – Thesis Which problem does Europe need to solve first? Thesis (define): 1.Restates… 2. Is your… 3.Must be… 4.One Sentence! 1 sentence
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