UNIT 1 OUTLINE: THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES

1.- THE BREAK-UP OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

1.1.- Rome and the “Barbarians”
1.2.- The division of the Roman Empire
1.3.- The invasions and the fall of Rome
2.- THE GERMANIC KINGDOMS
2.1.- The emergence of the Germanic Kingdoms
2.2.- The Germanic and Roman populations
2.3.- Post-Roman society
3.- THE VISIGOTHS
3.1.- Who were the Visigoths?
3.2.- The Visigoths in Hispania
3.3.- The organisation of the kingdom
3.4.- Society and economy
4.- THE BYZANTINE EMPIRE
4.1.- The reign of Justinian
4.2.- Byzantium after Justinian
4.3.- Byzantine society
4.4.- Religion, culture and art
5.- ORIGINS OF ISLAM
5.1.- The origins of Islam
5.2.- The five pillars of Islam
6.- THE SPREAD OF ISLAM
6.1.- The Ortodox Caliphate
6.2.- The Umayyad Caliphate
6.3.- The Abbasid Caliphate
6.4.- Political organisation
7.- ISLAMIC SOCIETY AND CULTURE
7.1.- Islamic society
7.2.- Islamic art