Chapter 10- The World of European Christendom
Connected and Divided
500-1300
Learning Objectives:
- Describe European society after the breakup of the Roman Empire
- Compare the diverse legacies of Rome in Western Europe and the Byzantine Empire
- Explore Medieval European expansion
- Evaluate the backwardness of medieval Europe relative to other civilizations, and...
- Analyze the steps by which Europe caught up to the East
Big Picture Questions:
- How did the histories of the Byzantine Empire and Western Europe differ during the era of 3rd Wave Civilizations?
- What accounts for the different historical trajectories of these 2 expressions of Christendom?
- How did Byzantium and Western Europe interact with each other and with the larger world of the post-classical era?
- Was the civilization of the Latin West distinctive and unique, or was it broadly comparable to other 3rd Wave civilizations?
- How does the history of the Christian world in the postclassical era compare with that of Tang and Song dynasty China?
Key Terms:
- Aristotle (Classical Greek Learning)
- Byzantine Empire
- caesaropapism
- Charlemagne
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
- Roman Catholic Christianity
- Constantinople
- Crusades
- Cyril and Methodius
- Cyrillic
- European cities
- Greek fire
- guild
- Holy Roman Empire
- "hybrid civilization"
- iconoclasm
- indulgence
- Justinian
- Kievan Rus
- natural philosophy
- Otto I
- system of competing states
- Vikings
- Vladimir, prince of Kiev
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