1. The document discusses several major empires throughout history including the Roman Empire, the empires of Alexander the Great and various European powers, and how they impacted migrations and societies. 2. While empires limited some freedoms, they also created new opportunities and brought together entirely new societies. 3. The decline of the Roman Empire occurred as internal political, economic, and social institutions broke down and it became difficult to manage the increasing diversity within the empire.

1. Peoples and EmpiresReview assignment Rosario Rocha History 140

2. Migrations“put men into place”They have brought into being entire societies that did not exist before. Empires have limited the freedoms of some people, but they have also given other opportunities they could not otherwise imagined.The Great European EmpiresThe Roman, the Spanish, the French, the British and their colonies Migration period in the Roman Empire

3. Alexander the GreatRoman empire Destroyed the great Persian EmpireHe united vast regions of Europe and Asia.An empire that was associated so clearly with the personal power, the personal authority and the nurtured image of a single individual.The greatest empire builder in the history of Europe and the greatest explorer, traveler and seeker after truth.First World ConquerorThe victorious Alexander the Great in the Battle of Issus against Persian King Darius in 333 B.C.

4. Disintegration of the political, economic, military and other social institutions of Rome.As Rome grew and the diversity of the peoples it included increased became even more difficult to handle.The emperor Diocletian divided the empire into a western and eastern half.By the early years of the fifth century, the empire in the west had been overrun by Germanic tribes.August 410- end of the Roman Empire. Decline of the Roman Empire