Rome at its Peak
This language spread throughout the Roman Empire.
Latin
The richer half of the Roman Empire was located in this direction.
East
This period came after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
Middle Ages
This religious institution became extremely powerful in Europe after Rome fell.
Catholic Church
The Byzantine Empire developed from this half of the Roman Empire.
Eastern Roman Empire
People living throughout the empire had to pay these to Rome.
Taxes
The Romans used this word to describe invading groups from outside the empire.
Barbarians
The word “Renaissance” means this.
Rebirth
More than 300 years after Rome fell, this ruler was given the title of emperor.
Charlemagne
This city became the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire.
Constantinople
This man took control as dictator for life in 44 BCE.
Julius Caesar
Rome was attacked and burned in this year.
410 CE
The Middle Ages are called “middle” because they fall between the fall of Rome and this later European cultural movement.
Renaissance
Charlemagne received his authority from this leader of the Catholic Church.
Pope
Constantinople is known by this name today.
Istanbul
Rome expanded from Britain and Spain in the west to areas such as Syria and this modern-day country in the east.
Iraq
The Western Roman Empire officially fell in this year.
476 CE
The fall of Rome created this situation, meaning there was no single strong authority to take Rome’s place.
Power vacuum
The empire connected with Charlemagne became known by this three-word name.
Holy Roman Empire
The Byzantine Empire survived for nearly this many years after the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
1,000 years
Even someone who never visited the city of Rome might still have felt Roman because of these four examples of Roman influence.
Roman taxes, Latin language, military service, laws, officials, or soldiers
Give two reasons the city of Rome became less important before the Western Empire actually fell.
wealth shifting east, eastern areas having more people/resources, wars in the west, invasions, and Rome no longer being the political center/capital
Why do some modern historians disagree with calling the Middle Ages the “Dark Ages”?
Because progress still occurred during the Middle Ages, even though it looked different from the periods before and after it?
Why did rulers hundreds of years after Rome’s fall still try to connect themselves to the Roman Empire?
Because Rome still represented power, authority, and legitimacy, so connecting themselves to Rome strengthened their claim to rule.
The Byzantine Empire eventually fell to this Muslim-controlled empire.
Ottoman Empire