Byzantine Empire

The fall of the Roman Empire in 476 C.E marked a turning point in world history. Multiple distinctions can be made between the period of time before the fall of the Roman Empire and the period after its fall; however, certain aspects of life and society in the area retained the status quo. Politically, the fall of the Roman Empire marked a change from an imperial monarchy to feudalism. Economically, while the Roman Empire experienced a flourishing period for trade across its territories, after…

they founded a huge empire which covered much of today’s Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. Roman territory grew but this was not a pattern that could continue forever. At one point, newly occupied territories became unprofitable, to the point of not even being able to pay expenses of expeditions. This led to the Roman Empire to stagnate and both outside and inside pressures pulled the empire apart, culminating in 476 C.E. with the final collapse of the Western Roman Empire. The…

the dead center of one of largest empires in history . With its center being in today’s more modern Italy the Roman Empire conquered the all of the Mediterranean and spread to the Middle East, Northern Africa, Western and Central Europe. It reached the peak of its power between 100 and 200 A.D. then the Roman Empire began to crumble because it became too big to control. The West Roman Empire ended in 476 A.D. when German tribes were invading, the East Roman Empire continued to exist for many…

single ruler, or king, that was in charge of the people, so the Roman Catholic Church became in charge. They held all the power. A Frankish guy named Charlemagne was appointed king by Pope Leo III. He was the first person to be an emperor since the empire had fallen over three hundred years before. There is not much known of the early Germanic tribes. They lived in Southern Sweden, Northern Germany area, and the Danish Peninsula. The Germans began to clash with the Romans. They clashed…

The Roman Empire mainly had a republic based government and though Rome was adaptable to change in most places the exception was in the political form of change. So as time went on the Roman classes soon began to compete against one another for higher for higher ranks in the political system. This caused a large gap between the rich and poor Romans. Eventually after several people conquering different places throughout the civil wars a man that went by the name of Octavian made his position as…

“Dark Ages” explores the time from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Crusades. From the fall of the ancient Roman Empire up to the Renaissance, Europe was in a constant state of war as many attempted to rebuild the Roman Empire. The Dark Ages was a period that was shadowed by famine, the Bubonic plague, political struggles, and religious persecutions. The Roman Empire began to collapse from within once the Visigoths, led by Alaric, surrounded and blockaded any entry into the city. The Roman’s…

Explain the negative effects of the Roman conquests Roman is one of the empires in the ancient days that has the glitters history. The Roman empire has lasted for thousand years and there was transformation in the economy and government as wealth was amass from their subjects. But it will be saddening to note that there were many negative effects of the Roman conquests. These negative effects include love for and abuse of power, slavery (oppress their subject), Religious Persecution and love for…

and Roman Empires were very similar during the time in which they ruled. Along with many other civilizations and empires, the Qin and Roman Empires both rose to power and thrived only to decline in power leading to their ultimate demise. Even though they rose and fell in similar ways each had their own uniqueness when it came to rule of the empire. The Roman Empire was very efficient in maintaining control up until it’s decline of power. In order to be so powerful the Roman Empire needed…

There are many causes for the fall of Rome. One reason was the many changes of emperors. Not only did emperors change, but they went from one bad emperor to another. Another reason that caused the fall of Rome, were the attacks and sacks on Rome. Most of them were done by the Huns. However, one of the most important reasons was the spread of Christianity during these times. Greek Gods and Goddesses faded away as Rome began to grow. People of Rome started to worship emperors and treat them as…

How Did the Roman Empires fall? The Han, Roman and Gupta empires fell because of the nomadic invaders, diseases and failing government. The Han empire fell because of both internal and external reasons. Internal Causes: By the 180s the Han court had grown weak, because of emperors who lived only for amusement. Army generals lead to massacres within the palace. The Han government had trouble collecting enough tax revenue to fund the court and to support the army that defended China from external…