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Unit Overview: Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter
This unit covers the years AD 450-1000. Major events/themes covered in this unit:
Collapse of the Roman Empire and rise of Feudalism
Byzantine Empire
Gupta Dynasty in India
Rise of the Islamic Empires
Classic Meso-American Civilizations
Tang Dynasty in China
The "Dark Ages" in Europe
Unit Essay: The Age of Faith
In order to get credit for this project, you must write an essay on the following topic:
The Age of FaithWriting about the sack of Rome by the Visigoths in AD 410, Roman Catholic Bishop Augustine of Hippo asserted that Rome represented the best of man's ability, yet because Rome was only built upon a human foundation, the civilization was destined to fall. If one wanted to build a civilization that would truly last, it must be built upon a more sure foundation: God and His church. After Rome collapsed, many civilizations seemed to be doing just what Augustine had recommended-basing their societies not on the foundation of reason as Rome had, but on the foundation of faith. Using the knowledge from your lessons in this unit, pick three civilizations covered in this unit and write a well-developed essay of no less than 600 words explaining this era can be seen as the "Age of Faith" for world history, particularly that in the West.
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Unit Videos:
Islam, Empire of Faith Part 1 (53:55)
Islam, Empire of Faith Part 2 (53:13)
Unit Lectures:
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World History A Unit 4 Key Terms
For this project you must define the terms listed below and explain each term's significance to the unit/era being studied. Your definition should be 2-3 sentences long and may be copied and pasted from a source like Wikipedia, but the significance of the term must be in your own words and based on your own understanding. To fill out a term's significance, ask yourself, "Why is this item included in my study of this unit? Why is this term in a history book?" The answer to this question is your term's significance.
Unit 4 Key Terms:
1. Diocletian
2. Three Kingdoms
3. Gupta Empire
4. Siddhartha Guatama
5. Maurya Empire
6. Theodosius I
7. Roman Catholic Church
8. Byzantine Empire
9. Mohammad
10. Umayyad Empire
11. Abbasid Empire
12. Corpus Juris Civilis
13. Greek Orthodox Church
14. Great Schism
15. manorialism
16. Attila the Hun
17. Tang Dynasty
18. Bantu Peoples
19. Mayan Civilization
20. Polynesian People
Below is an example of a key term done with the proper format:
William the Conqueror: William I (c. 1028[2] – 9 September 1087), also known as William the Conqueror (Guillaume le Conquérant), was the first Norman King of England from Christmas 1066 until his death. He was also Duke of Normandy from 3 July 1035 until his death, under the name William II. Before his conquest of England, he was known as William the Bastard because of the illegitimacy of his birth.To press his claim to the English crown, William invaded England in 1066, leading an army of Normans, Bretons, Flemings, and Frenchmen (from Paris andÎle-de-France) to victory over the English forces of King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts in what has become known as the Norman Conquest.[3] (I copied and pasted this definition from Wikipedia)
Significance: William the Conqueror is significant because his conquest of England created the first nation state in Europe. His rearrangement of English feudal territories to give himself dramatically more power than the the barons and nobles around him caused him to be the most powerful monarch in Europe and eventually led to the rise of other nation states over the next few centuries. (These are my words based on my knowledge of English and European history.)
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