Germanic Kingdoms, Byzantine empire and Islam

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Territory of Germanic kingdoms: -Visigoths -Franks -Vandals -Suebi -Ostrogoths -Burgudians -Iberian Peninsule -Gaul -North of Africa -North of Iberian Peninsule -Italian Peninsule -Gaul
Battle of Voille Battle between Franks and Visigoths to control Gaul in 507. Franks won.
Kingdom of Toledo After the battle of Voillé the Visigoths settled in the Iberian Peninsule and the capital was Toledo. Survived until Muslim invasion. (507-711)
Dynasty A sequence of rulers from the same line descendent. When a family leads a country or kingdom for many years and the king or queen pass down their authority.
Location of Franks In Gaul after the battle of Voillé (507)
First dynasty of Franks Merovingian dynasty, controlled Gaul until 751.
Second dynasty of Franks It started in 751 with Pepin the short, the first king of Franks.
Who Charlemagne fight against? Muslim (Iberian Peninsula) Lombards (North of Italian Peninsula) Saxons (European plain)
What was the dream of Charlemagne? To reconstruct Western Roman Empire
Charlemagne organised the empire in... Marches: Defensive territory led by a marquess Counties: Territory led by a count that administrated justice and taxes.
To control the marches and counties... Created the Misi Dominci or emissaries.
What Treaty of Verdun represents? It represents the end of Carolingian empire and the division in 3 territories.
Who and what land each got? -Charles (future France). - Lothario (Lotharingia). - Louis (Germany).
Byzantine empire (Eastern Roman Empire) Resisted the German invasions
What happend with Emperor Justinian? There was a period of expansion, they coquered Vandals, Ostrogoths and south of Visigoths.
Justinian ordered... Reconstruction of the Church of Saint Sophia in 537
Bizantines stopped these invasions Bulgarians and Slavs (North of Europe) Persians (East of the Empire) Arabs (Iberian Peninsule)
Who defeated the Bizantines The Turks in 1453
Basileus Title for emperors in the Bizantine Empire
East-West Schism Christian rupture in 1054 between Roman Catholics (Pope of Rome) and the Orthodox (Patriarch of Constantinople).
Strategists Administrated the provinces or themes in the Bizantine Empire.
How was the religion in Arab before? Polytheistic
How was the religion in Arab before the revelation of Allah? And when this happend? The revelation from God Allah happend in 610, and the relegious was monotheistic
What happend when Mohammed leave Mecca? Mohammed went from Mecca to Medina in 622, it was called the Hegira and it is considered year 0.
What happend at the death of Mohammed? At 632 Islam spread throughout most of the Arabian Peninsule.
What is the name of the sacred book? Koran
Five main precepts 1. Belief in a single God, Allah. 2. Praying five times a day facing Mecca. 3. Alms. 4. Fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. 5. Pilgrimage to Mecca
Emir the governor of a province, only political power. In the Islam
Caliph Had political and religious power. In the Islam.
Who were the Perfect caliphs? Abu Bark Omar Uthman Ali (632-661)
Expansion with the Perfect Caliphs Syria, Egipt and Palestine vs Bizantine Empire - Mesopotamia vs Persian Empire
Umayad dynasty, capital and expansion. Capital in Damascus and expansion in North Africa, Iberian Peninsule, Indo River and Turkistan. (661-750)
Abasid dynasty, capital and what happend Capital in Baghdad and in 10th century was a fragmentation and it was divided in Baghdad, Cairo and Cordoba caliphates
395 Divison of the Roman Empire
409 Suebi, Vandals and Alani reached the Iberian Peninsule.
418 Agreement between Visigoths and Romans
476 Fall of the Western Roman Empire
507 Battle of Voullié
589 Conversion of Recaredo and the Visigoths to Catholicism
622 The hegira
711 Muslim invasion and the end of the Visigoth Kingdom
732 Battle of Poiters
800 Charlemagne was crowned Emperor
843 Treaty of Verdun
1054 East-West Schism
1453 Turks defeated the Bizantine Empire
1453, 1450 and 1492 End of Middle Aged
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