The Legacy of the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages in the West (ca AD 500-1450/1500)

Introduction

Introduction

The Three Heirs to the Roman Empire:  6th-7th centuries:  a new period in the history of world civilization; clear that no one empire would rule the Mediterranean world; by the 7th century, three successor civilizations, the Byzantine, the Islamic, and the western European, had developed, each with its own culture, its own religion, and its own language; these three civilizations quickly became rivals.

Task

Research about the ff:

  • Byzantine Civilization (5th Century- 1453)
  • Character and Achievements of the Byzantine Empire
  • Eastern Europe and the Migration of the Slavic People
  • The islamic nCivilization and the Islamic Empire

Every topic has its own pictures/illustration, make a collage on each every pictures.

Process
Conclusion

Byzantine Empire and the Mediterranean World at the Death of Justinian I.

Byzantine civilization:  (5th century-1453) descended from the eastern half of the Roman Empire; capital was Constantinople; language was Greek; it combined Roman imperial traditions of government with intense pursuit of the [Orthodox] Christian faith; aspects of this culture (including the Orthodox religion) spread into Eastern Europe and Russia during the Kievan Rus period (AD 882-1240) and the Appanage Period (1054-1480).

Character and Achievements of the Byzantine Empire

it developed separately from Western Europe; the language was Greek; and its culture was an ethnically diverse blend of the Roman, the Hellenistic, the Persian, and the Semitic

Islamic Civilization and the Islamic Empire, AD 622-1453

:  Arabs conquered a major Empire, which extended from the Indus River to the north African coast of the Mediterranean to Spain and southern France (632 and 732): they brought their language, their culture, and their religion to these territories, 50% of the once great Roman Empire.

     In short it is the study about the Legacy of the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages in the West. Whereas to be familiar with their traditions, languages, and how they traditions developed.

Credits

Webquests prepared by: Jane Rose Candano

Graduated at Polytechnic University of the Philippines (Ragay, Campus)

With the degree of (Bachelor of Public Administration and Governance) major in Political Science