Collapse of an Empire
In 410 AD, this city was sacked (attacked, plundered, and burned) for the first time in centuries, awakening the Empire's enemies that they'd grown weak.
What is the City of Rome?
Migrating from the Jutland (modern day Denmark) and Northern Germany, the Anglo-Saxons moved into this region.
What is Britannia (the British Isles)?
Completed in 537 AD, this monumental structure served as a massive church and symbol of the spiritual and Imperial authority of the Eastern Roman Empire.
What is the Hagia Sophia?
This vocab term describes the leadership or dominance that one nation or social group holds over others.
What is a hegemony?
This famous silhouette logo, found on all Air Jordan sneakers and apparel, features Michael Jordan soaring through the air for a slam dunk.
What is Jumpman?
The final collapse and dissolution of the Western Roman Empire came when this last Emperor was removed from the throne.
Who is Romulus Augustulus?
Under the leadership of the Merovingian Dynasty, the Franks successfully consolidated their power and authority over the northern part of this region that would become France.
What is Gaul?
This Byzantine Emperor launched a fairly successful and long-remembered campaign known as the "Renovatio Imperii" to reclaim the lost territories of the West.
Who is Justinian?
This term specifically refers to the offical removal of a monarch from their position of power.
What is deposition?
Because its axis is tilted nearly 98 degrees, this pale blue ice-gas giant is the only planet in our solar system that rolls around the sun like a barrel instead of spinning like a top.
What is Uranus?
Led by King Alaric, this group of German tribes crossed the Danube River to push south into Roman territory.
Who are the Visigoths?
After invading the heart of the Roman Empire, the Visigoths took their spoils and settled and established their own kingdoms across these two regions of Europe.
What are Gaul and Hispania?
Derived from the term codex, which means to glue pieces of paper together and make what we call a book, this vocab term describes the process of systematically arranging laws or rules and establishing them, often through a formal document.
What is codification?
Utlilizing these techniques of combat that analyzed terrain and timing, the Suebi of the Schwarzwald (Black Forest) kept the Roman Empire from moving deeper into German territories.
What is guerrilla tactics?
In 1985, the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), changed pop culture forever when it held this massive, inaugural pay-per-view event at Madison Square Garden, headlining Hulk Hogan v. Mr. T.
What is Wrestlemania?
While the Western Empire crumbled in this year, the Eastern Empire lived on and continued to hold onto the Roman ideals and aesthetics, though more focused upon the Greek and Macedonian influences.
What is 476 AD?
Following the collapse of Rome, this group asserted dominance by taking direct control of the Italian peninsula and Dalmatia.
Who are the Ostrogoths?
The primary purpose of the "Corpus Juris Civilis" was to codify the laws of this former empire.
What is the Roman Empire?
According to the homework prompt (OOOOOOOO GOT YA WITH A NEW SOURCE!!!!), students were to reflect on how Europe transitioned from Roman rule to a map divided among this ethnic group's kingdoms.
What are the Germanic Kingdoms?
Its Simon's turn in Initiative Order. Simon is a 5th level Warlock with a clear shot on the BBEG (Big, Bad Evil-Guy), so he uses his Attack Action to cast Eldritch Blast. He rolls a Natural 20, which in normal DnD rules means he rolls all damage die twice. But because Mr. Mount has experienced way too many Critical Hits doing "2 damage", he instead has you do this to the first roll and then roll the second and add the two together.
What is take the Maximum Number on the Die without rolling?
While King Alaric's peoples sacked Rome, they were actually fleeing invasions from this formidable group from the east.
Who are the Huns?
Unlike the other tribes, this group demonstrated their skill at sailing and far reaching control by establishing an Empire in North Africa and Siciliy.
Who are the Vandals?
By creating the "Corpus Juris Civilis", the Byzantines did not simply establish what had been, but established the future of this current ideal.
What is modern civil law?
The whole of this period between Ancient Rome and Medieval Europe took place between 410 AD and 568 AD, when the Lombards invaded this peninsula and broke the Eastern Empire's semblance of order in the West, beginning what is known as the Middle Ages.
What is the Italian Peninsula?
For decades, scientists believed all massive predatory dinosaurs strictly hunted on land. However, recent discoveries of unusually dense bones and a paddle-shaped tail on the enormous, sail-backed Spinosaurus led paleontologists to conclude it was the first known major dinosaur capable of doing this.
What is swimming?