Aim: why did the map of Europe change radically after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire?

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Aim: why did the map of Europe change radically after the collapse of the

Western Roman Empire?

What is this?

116CE

Why?

395CE

Then what is this? Date?

378 – 439CE 476CE

?

378 – 439CE

476CE

525 – 565CE

Take note: the Byzantine Empire is

continuation of the Eastern Roman Empire

Who are the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, the Franks, the Vandals, Burgundians all

descendants of? Why are their kingdoms located where they are?

595CE

So, how is the Byzantine Empire doing?

750CE

What is the Caliphate and who did they conquer territory from?

Why was the Caliphate able to expand as rapidly as it did?

800CE

Who finally stopped the Arab Islamic conquest of Western Europe?

1100CE

1453CEWhy did the Byzantine “Empire” continue to exist until 1453CE despite the fact that it had lost nearly all of it’s territory? Why

do you think I placed “Empire” between quotation marks?

RomeGermanic Invaders

Eastern Roman Empire / aka the

Byzantine Empire

Islamic Caliphate

Carolingian Empire

Seljuk Turks And

Ottoman Turks

MONGOLS

Vikings

UmayyadEmirate

Aim: why did the map of Europe change radically after the collapse of the

Western Roman Empire?

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