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Title: Effects of the Fall of the Western Roman Empire


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Effects of the Fall of the Western Roman Empire
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Decline of Trade
  • Invasions from sea and land
  • Destroyed roads made passage unsafe
  • Destroyed cities

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Decline of Cities
  • Cities are abandoned as population shifts to
    rural areas
  • People looking for leadership and protection from
    large landowners
  • Europe becomes a rural population

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Common Language
  • Latin combines with tribal languages
  • Early Romance languages evolve
  • Disunity and lack of trade

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Decline in Learning
  • Germanic tribes have no written language and are
    illiterate
  • Priests become educated class
  • Greek Latin culture only preserved in Byzantine
    Empire

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Changing Concept of Govt
  • Family ties and personal loyalty become basis of
    society
  • Small communities w/ unwritten laws
  • Pledge loyalty to a lord rather than an unseen
    king

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Homework
  • Complete pg 119-120A. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON PG
    120A

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