6.4 Historical Geography
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 inflation | drastic drop in the value of money coupled with a rise in prices |
| marcus aurelius | last emperor of the pax romana |
| hostile tribes and pirates disrupted trade , the romans lacked gold and silver | What weakend Rome's economy in the third century A.D.? |
| raised taxes | What did the government desperately do for revenue? |
| inflation | What was the result of the raised taxes? |
| overworked soil | How did agriculture face serious problems? |
| food shortages, disease, decline of population | results of agricultural problems |
| less discipline and loyal soldiers, commanders fighting for themselves, | how did the roman military go downhill? |
| the government began recruiting mercenaries | How did the government defend against the increasing threats to the empire |
| mercenaries | foreign soldiers who fought for money |
| They began losing their patriotism and care for the empire's fate | How were average citizens weakening in loyalty |
| reform-minded emperors and division of two parts | How did the empire stay intact for 200 more years? |
| diocletian | a strong-willed army leader who became the emperor in 284 A.D. |
| diocletian | ruled with an iron fist and severely limited personal freedoms |
| diocletian | restored order to the empire and increased it's strength |
| diocletian | doubled the size of the roman army and sought to control inflation by setting fixed prices for goods |
| diocletian | claimed he descended from the ancient roman gods and created ceremonies for himself |
| he divided teh empire into the Greek-speaking east and the Latin-speaking west--with a co-ruler for the west | diocletian's most significant reform |
| most of the empire's great cities and trade centers | what did the east half of the empire have more than the west? |
| ill health | Why did Diocletian retire by 305 A.D. |
| four rivals competed for power | What happened to the civil war by 311? |
| civil war broke out | What happened immdediatley after diocletian's retire? |
| Constantine | Who gained the western portion of the empire 312 A.D.? |
| many social and economic policies of diocletian | what did Constantie continue in the west part of the empire? |
| 324 A.D. | When did constantine sustain the east and west control, becoming a single ruler |
| moving the capital from rome to byzantium | What major step did Constantine take in 330 A.D.? |
| The center of power shifted from rome to the east | What happened in result to moving the capital? |
| The Huns | What fierce group moved into the Roman region and destroyed the germanic peoples peace? |
| the huns | mongul nomads from central asia |
| they pushed themselves into roman lands | What did the germanic people do in order to flee from the Huns? |
| Gaul, Spain, and North Africa | Where did the germanic peoples keep moving to (in order)? |
| the western empire | who was unable to stop the germanic peoples? |
| overran rome itself and plundered it for three days | What did hordes of germans do in 410 ? |
| the huns | who was an indirect threat that became a direct threat? |
| Attila | Who did the huns unite under in 444? |
| attila the hun | outside leader who terrorized both halves of the empire |
| the east | Atilla's armies attacked and plundered 70 cities on what side? |
| the high walls of Constantinople | Why did Atilla's armies fail in the East? |
| Rome | Where was Atilla's forces in 452? |
| famine and disease | What kept the huns from conquering the city of rome? |
| 453 | Attila's death |
| 14 year old Romulus Augustulus | Who was the last Roman emperor? |
| Germanic Forces | Who defeated Romulus Augustulus in 476? |
| rule rome and the western provinces | What did the emperors not even pretend to rule after 476? |
| Byzantine empire | What was the new name for the old eastern portion of the roman empire? |
| greek and roman cultures | What cultures did the Byzantine empire preserve for 1000 years? |
| Ottoman Turks | Who did the Byzantine empire fall to in 1453? |
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