Post-Class: Ch9-10 Study Guide
NAME: ____________________________
Divergent Histories in Europe (Ch. 9-10)
...is about a new Christian Europe and the Byzantine Empire’s decreasing ability to continue the tradition
of the Eastern Roman Empire while Western Europe gradually made progress by addressing basic
concerns following the chaos of Rome’s fall.
Overarching Ideas:
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Humans need to adapt to environments has necessitated technological innovation.
Cultures spread through syncretism.
Economic conditions and religion are key components in legitimizing or undermining government.
Ever intensifying trade is a powerful force for social and political change.
Social inequality is source of conflict yet ever-present in civilizations.
Objectives:
1. Evaluate the significance of Byzantine Empire on European civilization.
2. Explain how the beliefs of Orthodox Christianity and Catholicism impacted Eastern and
Western European societies.
3. Explain the spread of Christianity and its interactions with non-Christian groups.
4. Analyze the causes and effects of social hierarchy during the postclassical period.
5. Compare the social and political evolution of Eastern Europe and Western Europe.
6. Compare the economic and political structures of Western Europe’s early Middle Ages
and high Middle Ages.
7. Analyze how conflict aided the exchanges of intensified postclassical networks.
8. Analyze the changes and continuities in the role of cities during the classical and
postclassical periods.
Key Concepts:
Explain the definition, role, and significance of…
Caesaropapism
Hagia Sophia
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Eastern Orthodox
Cyrillic
Russian Orthodox
Vladimir
Tatars
Early Middle Ages
High Middle Ages
Late Middle Ages
Medieval
Feudalism
Manorialism
Norse / Vikings
Normans
Ghettos
Three estates
Lords
Vassals
Serfs
Three-field system
Clovis
Carolingians
Charlemagne
William the Conqueror
Holy Roman Empire
Magna Carta
Crusades
Thomas Aquinas
Scholasticism
Gothic
Hanseatic League
Guilds
Hundred Years War
Black Death
Eastern Europe
Key Places:
Locate on the map…
Byzantine Empire in 565
Byzantine Empire b/t 867-1025
Byzantine Empire post-1071
Constantinople
Anatolia
Balkan Peninsula
Scandinavia
Dnieper River
Kiev
Russia
Persia
Arabia
Guided Timeline:
Byzantium - E. Europe
Dar al-Islam
Russia – E. Europe
330
527 –
565
600
Rise & Spread
of Islam 600-650
Umayyad &
Strengthening
Trade Contacts
661-750
600s
597 –
867
Peak of Abbasid
750-1000
864
867 –
1025
980 –
1015
1000
Decline of
Abbasid &
Growing Muslim
Influence in Af,
S/SE Asia
1000-1250
Fall of Abbasid
1258
Peak of Muslim
Trade &
Influence
1250-1450
1450
1054
1019 –
1054
1100 –
1237
1100 –
1453
1237 –
1480
Western Europe
Key Places:
Locate on the map…
Carolingian Empire
Rome
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea
Baltic Sea
England
Holy Roman Empire
Pyrenees Mountains
Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Constantinople
Jerusalem
Scandinavia
Normandy
Islamic caliphates
Guided Timeline:
Dar al-Islam
600
E. Europe
Eastern
Roman
Empire
330 - 565
Western Europe
Rise & Spread
of Islam 600-650
Umayyad &
Strengthening
Trade Contacts
661-750
Byzantine
losses
&
Russian
origins
597 – 867
500 –
900
800-814 Peak of Abbasid
750-1000
Peak
&
Spread of
Orthodoxy
864 –
1054
1000
900 –
1100
Decline of
Abbasid &
Growing Muslim
Influence in Af,
S/SE Asia
1000-1250
Fall of Abbasid
1258
Peak of Muslim
Trade &
Influence
1250-1450
1450
1096 -
Decline
from Turk
& Mongol
wars
1100 –
1453
1100 –
1338
1338 1450
Guided Timeline:
Dar al-Islam
Byzantium - E. Europe
Russia – E. Europe
Western Europe
330
527 –
565
600
Rise & Spread
of Islam 600-650
Umayyad &
Strengthening
Trade Contacts
661-750
600s
597 –
867
500 –
900
800-814 Peak of Abbasid
750-1000
864
867 –
1025
980 –
1015
900 –
1100
1000
Decline of
Abbasid &
Growing Muslim
Influence in Af,
S/SE Asia
1000-1250
Fall of Abbasid
1258
Peak of Muslim
Trade &
Influence
1250-1450
1450
1054
1019 –
1054
1096 -
1100 –
1237
1100 –
1338
1100 –
1453
1237 –
1480
1338 1450