The document summarizes the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of new kingdoms and empires during the Middle Ages. It discusses how the Roman Empire was divided in 395 AD between the Western Roman Empire centered in Rome and the Eastern Roman Empire centered in Constantinople. The Western Empire weakened over time due to invasions by barbarian tribes and changes in its political, social, and economic structures. Meanwhile, the Eastern Empire was able to survive these invasions and changes. The document then outlines three new empires that emerged during the Middle Ages - the Visigothic Kingdom in Iberia, the Carolingian Empire in France and Germany, and the Byzantine Empire which was the continued Eastern

1. UNIT 4
HISTORY. THE
MIDDLE AGES

2. 1. The Fall of Rome
In 395 AD, the emperor Theodosius divided the
Roman Empire into two parts:
Eastern
Roman
Empire
-Capital: Rome
-Weak
-Barbarians
invaded it
-Capital : Constantinople
-Strog
-Survived barabarians
Western
Roman
Empire

3. 1.1 Changes in the Western Roman
Empire
Politics Poweful
state
Weaker
states
Society Urban Rural
Economy Trade
Shared
laws,
language
Agriculture
Different
laws,
languages
Culture
Before After

4. 2. The Middle Ages
• The changes mark the end of Antiquity and
the start of Middle Ages.
New empires appeared
a) The Visigothic Kingdom
b)The Carolingian Empire
c)The Byzantine Empire

5. a) The Visigothic Kingdom
- Germanic tribe
- Established a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula
- Capital Toledo
- It lasted 200 years
-In 711 they were defeated by Muslim people

6. b) The Carolingian Empire
• The Franks were a Germanic tribe
• They occupied what is now France and part of
Germany
• Charlemagne was the most important ruler

7. c)The Byzantine Empire
• It was the Eastern Roman Empire
• It survived for almost 1000 years
• Capital Constantinople
• Justinian was the most important emperor
• It was conquered in 1453 by the Tukish

8. ACTIVITIES
1. Join each word to its part of the Empire
-Strog-Weak -Survived barabariansConstantinopleRome
-Barbarians
invaded it
Western Roman EmpireEastern Roman Empire

9. 2. Do these sentences describe The Roman Empire
or the situation after The Roman Empire?
a)The state was poweful
b)Society was rural
c)There was trade between different areas
d)Economy was base on agriculture
e)People spoke different languages

10. 3. Write the name of each empire

11. 4. True or false. Correct the false ones.
a)Charlemagne was the most important emperor of
the Byzantine Empire
b) Toledo was the Capital of the Visigothic Kingdom
c) The Byzantine Empire was conquered by the
Greeks in 1453
d) The Visigotic Kingdom was conquered in 711 by
The Muslims
e) The Franks occupied the Byzantine Empire

12. DON´T FORGET THE
FOTOCOPY ABOUT THIS
UNIT

13. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okph9wt8I0A
https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-byzantine-
empire-leonora-neville/review_open#question-4