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Book shelf cornerstrong rulers

emergency exit cornerStrong economies
Teacher deskA united religion
Hall doora large middle class

Read p. 27 witness history: tests of skill and

courage

Objectives

Describe how Germanic tribes carved Europe

into small kingdoms after the collapse
of the western Roman Empire.

Explain how Charlemagne briefly reunited much

of Western Europe.

Analyze the impact of Muslim, Magyar, and Viking

invasions on medieval Europe.

medieval relating to the culture of Europe during the

Middle Ages

Franks a Germanic tribe that conquered present-day

France and neighboring lands in the 400s

Clovis king of the Franks who established a kingdom in

Western Europe after the fall of the Roman empire

Charles Martel a Frankish leader who rallied warriors to

push Muslims out of France

battle of Tours a battle in which Christians stopped the

Muslim advance into Western Europe

Charlemagne the grandson of Charles Martel; he briefly

united Western Europe when he built an empire stretching
across France and Germany

Magyars nomadic people who overran

Eastern Europe and parts of Western Europe after A.D. 900

Vikings farmers &expert sailors from Scandinavia who

raided European river towns starting in the late 700s

Clovis Frankish king established a

kingdom in Western Europe after Roman
empire fell

Charles Martel Frankish leader rallied

warriors to push Muslims out of France

battle of Tours Christians stopped the

Muslim advance into Western Europe

Charlemagne the grandson of Charles

Martel; he briefly united Western Europe
when he built an empire stretching across
France & Germany

How did Western Europe change after

the collapse of the Roman empire? LG1
When the Roman empire disappeared from Western
Europe, smaller Germanic kingdoms arose to replace
it.
Greco-Roman, Germanic, & Christian traditions
blended during the Middle Ages/ medieval
period (ca. 5001500). LG 5

Europe declined
during the early
Middle Ages, for
several reasons.

1. The unifying
force of the
Roman empire
was gone.
2. The region was
invaded repeatedly.
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3. Trade and classical
learning decreased.

After the fall of Rome, Germanic tribes carved

Western Europe into small kingdoms. LG 1
--Tribes of Vandals, Saxons,
Goths, & Franks
Unlike the Romans, the Germanic
tribes were small communities
with no written laws.
In 486, the Frankish king Clovis
conquered Gaul. He converted to
Christianity & thus won the
Roman popes support. LG1

Starting in the
600s, Muslims
built an empire in
the Mediterranean
region.
Muslim armies
conquered Spain &
crossed into France.
Charles Martel led
Frankish warriors
in the battle of
Tours to push back
the Muslims.

Martels grandson
Charlemagne
briefly united
Western Europe.

He fought Muslims,
Saxons, Avars, Slavs, and
Lombards.

He aided the pope in

Rome. So the pope
crowned Charlemagne
Emperor of the Romans.

Charlemagne was a skilled

leader who brought
scholars to his court &
revived Latin learning.

When Pope
Leo crowned
Charlemagne
Emperor of
the Romans,
the idea
of a united
Christian
empire was
revived.

Charlemagne
spread
Christianity
to conquered
people
throughout his
kingdom & set
up a strong,
efficient
government.

However, the
popes action
angered the
emperor of the
eastern Roman
Empire in
Constantinople &
deepened the
split between
east & west.

After Charlemagne died, his empire was divided

into three. His heirs faced waves of invasions.

Even after their

defeat at Tours
732, Muslim forces
posed a threat.

Around 900, the

Magyars overran
Eastern Europe.

Muslim armies
conquered Sicily in
the late 800s.

Muslim attacks
subsided after 900.

They went on to
plunder parts of
Western Europe.

After 50 years, the

Magyars were
pushed back into
Hungary.

Charlemagnes
empire broke
apart even more
when the Vikings
began raiding
European coastal
and river towns.

These
Scandinavian
people were
expert sailors.

They opened trade

routes linking
northern Europe
to the
Mediterranean.

Vikings settled in
England, Ireland,
and parts of
France and
Russia.

1. Since Clovis ruled a powerful kingdom,

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how might his conversion have affected

Europe? P. 28
How did the culture of the Germans
differ from that of the Romans?
How did Charlemagne enlarge his
kingdom? P. 30
Why did Charlemagne use education?
How did Charlemagnes empire split?
What invasion threatened the kingdom?
How was the collapse of Charlemagnes
empire similar to the collapse of the