The Middle Ages
How long did the Middle Ages last?
1000 years or 10 centuries
3rd century (before the beginning of the Middle Ages)
Name the Roman Emperor who divided the Empire in two pieces and where did he set the capital of the Eastern part.
Theodosious.
Byzantium.
Meaning of serf
Siervo
The development of cities made the king's power...
Increase / Decrease
Increase.
The fall of the Western Roman Empire (476)
What is the general name of the people who arrived to the Mediterranean in this period?
The Germanic people.
Who was the greatest byzantine emperor? Name a reason why.
Justinian
Meaning of Lord
Señor
Name two medieval artistic styles
Gothic
Islamic
What two events are considered to be the end of the Middle Ages?
The fall of the Byzantine Empire (1453)
The arrival of Colón to America (1492)
Name four groups of people who took part in these mass migrations.
Germanic people.
Slavs and magyars
Norsemen or Vikings.
Muslims.
Name the three areas that Justinian added to the Byzantine Empire
The Italian Peninsula
The south of the Iberian Peninsula
The north of Africa.
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Ivory
Name two characteristics that Germanic tribes share.
The evolved from tribes to kingdoms.
Their economy was based on arable and livestock farming.
Their life was mainly rural.
They gradually abandoned their polytheistic religions to convert to Christianism.What type of agriculture developed during the Middle Ages?
Subsistence agriculture
Name two reasons why these mass migrations happened.
Changes in climate.
Population increase.
Political or military weakness in neighbouring states.
Pressure from other peoples with greater military power.
How provinces were called and the name of the rulers of those provinces?
Themes - Strategoi
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Against
In the Byzantine Empire Latin replaced Greek in the 7th century.
True or false?
False. Greek replaced Latin.
Explain the difference between a lord and a serf
Lords were nobles and the highest political and judicial authority over their lands, while serfs were peasants under the protection of nobles. They worked nobles' lands.
Name the germanic group who settled down in Central Europe.
Burgundians
The Orthodox Church.
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Name three characteristics of byzantine art
Use of flat bright colours.
Rigidity, frontal poses, lack of expresiveness.
Religious themes. Holy figures surrounded by a nimbus or halo.
Gold on the background.
Glorificaciont of the emperor.