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The Expansion of Roman Power occurred over approximately five hundred years, from 509 B.C.E to 14 C.E. How many expansions period were they during this time?
What is The Four Periods or Expansion?
The importance of the Church to medieval people was seen in the art and architecture of churches, in education and in holidays. What holiday was considered sacred to them due to a specific event that occured during that time?
What is Easter?
At the top of the feudal social structure was the?
Jesus preached with his disciples in present day Israel, emphasizing love and mercy and often teaching in parables. His teachings angered some. In his early 30s, the Romans executed jesus by crucifixion. According to the Christian Bible, three days later he?
What is arose from the dead and appeared to his disciples, who began to spread his teachings?
What system arose as a way of protecting property and creating stability. It was based on loyalty and personal relationships. Monarchs gave fiefs to lords, their most important vassals. In exchange, vassals promised to supply monarchs with soldiers in war.
The Romans rebelled against the Etruscans, and Rome became a republic. The Romans then conquered central Italy completely by what year?
What is by 264 B.C.E?
Christianity began in Judea in the present day Middle East. Jews there told prophecies about a Messiah who would remove the Romans and restore the what?
What is the Kingdom of David?
This plague killed about one-third of the people of Europe. After the plague, the need for workers to rebuild Europe led to a slight shift in power from feudal lords to the common people.
What is the Bubonic Plague?
What emperor gave the Christians freedom of religion in the Edict of Milan in 313 C.E.?
What is the Emperor Constantine?
Crime was a problem in medieval towns, and it was punished harshly. Prisons were filthy, dark places, and many prisoners had to buy their own food. What two forms of execution were used the most?
What is hanging and beheading?
During the second period of expansions, from 264 to 146 B.C.E., Rome fought Carthage in the three Punic Wars. As a result, Rome gained?
What is North Africa, much of spain, and Sicily. Rome also conquered Macedonia and Greece?
This series of battles between England and France caused a rise in national pride and identity in both countries. It also lead to a unlikely hero that would later be betrayed and burned alive, who was this person?
What is Joan of Arc?
The Fourth period of expansion began with the start of the empire and lasted until 14 C.E. The emperor's continued to add a great deal of new territory. At its height, around 117 C.E., the Roman Empire stretched from where to where?
What is Britain and the Middle East?
Below the lords were three groups of people, in order what were those three groups called?
What is Knights, Peasant's, and Serfs.
Paul of Tarsus was originally a blank of the church and would later become a blank.
What is a enemy of the church to a ally of the church?
During the Middle Ages, Saint Benedict developed his “Rule” for religious communities of what three groups?
What is Monks, Nuns, and Friars?
Many words and word parts in modern languages, developed from the Roman Language of Latin. What are these three languages?
What is English, French, and Spanish?
One of the greatest Byzantine emperors was Justinian I. He had rebuilt Constantinople after it was destroyed by rioting in what year and what is the name of his most lasting contribution?
What is 532 and the Justinian code?
Artists still follow Roman styles in sculpture, mosaics, glass, and other art forms. Roman influences are seen in what?
What is arches, domes, and vaults of many modern churches, banks, and government buildings?
Henry II’s legal reforms strengthened English common law and the role of judges and juries. What document established the idea of rights and liberties that even a monarch cannot violate. It also affirmed that monarchs should rule with the advice of the governed.
What is the Magna Carta?
During the third period of expansion, from 145 to 44 B.C.E., Rome took control of Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and Gaul. However, civil wars divided the republic, who took control and made themselves dictator for life during this time?
What is Julius Caesar?
More than just a religious institution, the Catholic Church was the center of community life and acquired great political and economic power. All clergy had a rank in the hierarchy, what were the 4 groups called?
Roman ideals, such as the philosophy of Stoicism, rule of law, and justice, shaped the law codes and government structures of many nations today. Examples of the continuing influence of Roman ideas include today’s law courts, written law and which of our's representative government.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
Byzantine Emperors and patriarchs in Constantinople clashed with popes in Rome over a number of issues. These disagreements led to schism between the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church in 1054. What are the name of the cities in which these places were located?
What is the Vatican City and Constantinople?
The Church’s sacraments marked all the most important occasions of life, from birth to death. Many people expressed their faith by going on pilgrimages or fighting in the crusades. What are the 7 sacraments they followed?
What is Baptism, Conformation, Eucharist, Confession, Annotting of the Sick, Holy Orders, and Matrimony?