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Where We are Today, January 1, 550 CE

Where We are Today, January 1, 550 CE. Unit 2: The Post-Classical Age, 600-1450 Part I – End of the Old, Beginning of the New. Civilizations, circa 500. Europe. The Western Roman Empire has collapsed The Eastern Roman Empire remains Becomes known as Byzantine empire

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Where We are Today, January 1, 550 CE

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  1. Where We are Today, January 1, 550 CE Unit 2: The Post-Classical Age, 600-1450 Part I – End of the Old, Beginning of the New

  2. Civilizations, circa 500

  3. Europe • The Western Roman Empire has collapsed • The Eastern Roman Empire remains • Becomes known as Byzantine empire • Europe fractured into many small Germanic Kingdoms • Franks begin to emerge in Western most Europe • Roman/Greek culture is being turned away from • Education, literacy becoming less common • Standard of living is going down

  4. East Asia • Following the collapse of the Han • Numerous small & weak dynasties rise and fall • Wei & Jin the most notable • decentralization of the state • increase in the power of great families • Buddhist Taoists were in conflict with each other • Nomads continued to invade & were sinicized

  5. South Asia • Gupta Dynasty collapsed • Kingdoms divided the regions & fought for control • Hun invasions continue • South Asia remains disorganized • Southern India remained isolated from this • Hinduism & Buddhism continue to flourish • Art and literature expand

  6. Africa • The movement of Bantu people continued across Africa • Some connection lost with the fall of Roman Empire • Germanic Vandals invade North Africa • North Africa dominated by the Eastern Roman Empire • Few major civilizations developed • Christianity began to spread to north and central Africa

  7. The Americas • Mayan Empire reached the apex (highpoint) of its history • Teotihuacan began its slow decline • The Andean Moche society is in the middle of its high period • Interaction between American society remain rare

  8. What We Have Lost

  9. Things Lost in the Fire • Political centralization • Few strong, centralized governments existed by the 6th century • Social cohesion • People became insular • Migrations & demographic shifts occurred • Cultural/economic loss • Many of the inventions & adoptions of the of the classical civilizations were lost

  10. Things Gained in the Fire • Two (soon to be three) universal religions that will unify people

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