2. Overview
• AD 500 – 1000
• Byzantine Empire
• Islamic World
• Germans/Western
Christianity
– The Carolingians
• More Invasions Great Mosque of Cordoba, 8th Century
http://youtu.be/-8bqQ-C1PSE
3. Homework
• Textbook: Chs. 8-10
• PSR #3 (11/24)
• Canvas Quiz, Chs. 8-9
(12/1)
• Discussion (12/5)
• Canvas Quiz, Chs. 10-11
(12/8)
• PSR #4 (12/8)
• Extra Credit Video The Coronation of Charlemagne by Pope Leo III,
15th century French manuscript
8. Byzantine Emperors
• Justinian I (b. 483, r. 527-
565)
– co ruler, Theodora (500-
548)
– Reconquest
– Corpus Juris Civilis
– Taxes
– Nika Riot, 532
• Heraclius (r. 610-641)
– Themes
• Basil II (958-1025)
– “the Bulgar Slayer”
16. Muhammad/Mohammed (570 - 632)
• Merchant in Mecca
• Visions via Angel
Gabriel
• 622, Hegira
– Medina
• 630, Mecca
• Expansion
• Dies unexpectedly Muhammad Preaches in Mecca, 17th
century Ottoman manuscript
17. Arabia in the Time of Muhammad
• Frontier
• Federates
• Byzantine-Persian War
(AD 602-628)
• Heretics
18. The Battle of Nineveh (627),
Piero della Francesca, 1452
19. Islamic Beliefs
• Koran/Qur’an
• Hadiths
• 5 Pillars of Islam
• Mecca
• Arabic
• Umma
• Women
• Jihad
– 2 forms
– Importance of conquest Mihrab, Panel from Mosque in Iran, early
14th century
29. The Franks
• Clovis I (466-511)
– Merovingian Dynasty
– Roman Christianity
• Frankish Aristocracy
• Mayor of the Palace
– Carolingians
• Charles Martel (d. 741)
– Cavalry
– Battle of Tours, 732
• Pepin the Short (714-768)
Battle of Tours in October 732,
Charles de Steuben, 1837
30. The Carolingian Renaissance
• Charlemagne (r. 768 – 814)
• Holy Roman Empire
– Christmas, 800
– The Papal States
• Governing an Empire
– Local lords
– Missi dominici
• Learning
– Aachen
– Alcuin of York (735-804)
– Liberal Arts
– Carolingian Miniscule
– Scriptoria
The Coronation of Charlemagne,
Jean Fouquet, 1455-1460
36. New Invasions
• Vikings/Norsemen/Danes
• Muslims
• Magyars
• Eastern Franks
– Otto I the Great (936 – 973)
– Battle of Lechfeld (955)
• Western Franks
– Hugh Capet (939-996)
– Capetian dynasty
– Ile de France
MAP 7.3 The Germanic Kingdoms of
the OldWestern Empire. The Germanic
tribes filled the power vacuum created
by the demise of the Roman Empire,
building states that blended elements
of Germanic customs and laws with
those of Roman culture, including largescale
conversions to Christianity. The
Franks established the most durable of
these Germanic states.
MAP 8.1 The Carolingian Empire. Charlemagne inherited the Frankish kingdom from his father,
Pepin. He expanded his territories in several directions, creating an empire that would not be rivaled
in size until the conquests of Napoleon in the early nineteenth century.
MAP 8.2 Invasions of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries. Attacks by invading Vikings, Magyars, and
Muslims terrorized much of Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries, disrupting economic activity and
spurring the development of fief-holding. The Vikings were the biggest problem, but they eventually
formed settlements, converted to Christianity, and were assimilated.