3. The Rise of Islam
• Read this section by yourself and try to figure out the difference between Christianity and Islam.
4. The Byzantine Apogee and Decline, 1000-1453
• Read p.127, and find out if there is anyone mentioned similar to 武则天 in Chinese history?
• What is eunuch? Were there similar people in Chinese history? • Why there are so many similarities between Western and Chinese history?
1. The Visual Record: From Temple to Mosque
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2. The Byzantines
---Byzantium Empire: East Roman Empire 拜占庭帝国， 即，东罗马帝国
Justinian, "the emperor who never slept"
Aristocratic Lifestyle: --- Feasting and fighting --- Women in Aristocratic Society
4. The Carolingian Achievement （p.155)
Charlemagne 查理曼大帝 He was a conqueror, but he was also a religious reformer, a state builder, and a patron of the arts. He changed the West more profoundly than anyone since Augustus.
Barbarian: The Romans called the "blond-haired peoples" as the barbarians. （类似“蛮夷”） The origin of England and other European countries.
3. Living in the New Europe
Chapter 7 The Classical Legacy in the East: Byzantium and Islam
1. The Visual Record: From Temple to Mosque 2. The Byzantines 3. The Rise of Islam 4. The Byzantine Apogee and Decline, 1000-1453
Review
• • • • Chapter 4: The Rise of Rome Chapter 5: Rome from Repulic to Empire Chapter 6: The transformation of Rome ---The division between Eastern and Western Empire • ---The expansion of Christianity in Roman Empire • ---Constantine the Great (Byzantium) • Chapter 7: The Byzantium Empire and the Final Fall of the Roman Empire
The Carolingian Renaissance
Education
religion art
Conclusion
The Legacy of Carolingian Renaissance
The idea of the Carolingian Empire, the symbol of European unity, has never entirely disappeared from the West.
1. The Visual Record: The Chapel at the Waters
A medieval castle once ruled by Charlemagne, “King of the Franks,”
2. The Making of the Barbarian Kingdoms, 500-750
加洛林帝国 ---> 欧盟
Presentation Tasks
• A Hundred Years of War
• Black Death
The Disintegration of the Empire 罗马帝国的衰亡
-- Internal Conflict -- Commercial Threats
-- Dangers from the West -- Eastern Conquests
Chapter 8 The West in the Early Middle Ages, 500-900
1. The Visual Record: The Chapel at the Waters 2. The Making of the Barbarian Kingdoms, 500-750 3. Living in the New Europe 4. The Carolingian Achievement 5. Geographical Tour: Europe in the Ninth Century 6. After the Carolingians: From Empire to Lordships