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- 1. GERMANIC INVASIONS by: destiney riley
- 2. ORIGINS ➔ c1570-1200 BC ; the Germanic tribes probably occupied modern day Danish peninsula, lower Sweden, and northern Germany ➔ c750 BC ; there is archeological evidence that Germanic tribes lived in southern Scandinavia and along the North Sea and Baltic coasts ● the tribes developed a democratic warrior culture and as they migrated south that created a kingship ● the most significant aspect that the Germanic tribes had was the comitatus, which was a voluntary warrior group based on loyalty to the king
- 3. 400 - 500 ➔ 409 ; Vandals (a Germanic Tribe) make their way south, destroying everything in their path until they settle down in Spain for a number of years ➔ 451-452 ; The Germanic and Roman troops teamed up to stop Attila from invading Italy and France ➔ 455 ; The Vandals (the ones that stayed up north) went down to Rome and destroyed the city. This is where we get the word vandalism. ➔ 496 ; King Clovis organized his tribes under the Christian religion. ➔ 400 - 500 ; The Germanic tribes are being pushed towards the west due to the eastern tribes, like the Huns.
- 4. 500 - 600 ➔ 507 ; Alaric II was killed by King Clovis single handedly at the Battle of Vouille. ➔ 535 - 553 ; The Ostrogoths were conquered by Rome in the Gothic War, which devastated Italy. ➔ 553 ; The Ostrogoths and the Byzantine fought five great battles before the Ostrogoth king was killed. ➔ 568 ; The Lombards moved down to northern Italy and gained the country easily due to being ravaged by war and the plague. ➔ 575 ; The Lombards moved down to the southern peninsula of Italy EUROPE IN 530
- 5. 600 - 700 ➔ 604 ; A truce was made between the Lombards and the Italian government ➔ 622 -627 ; The Avars were appeased and Emperor Heraclius got a victory near the ruins of Ninevah. ➔ 640 ; Germanic and Slavic tribes occupy the Dalmatian islands ➔ 687 ; Pepin set himself up as a major dumas under the Frankish kingdom EUROPE IN 600
- 6. 700 - 800 ➔ 711 ; The Visigothic rule was ended in Spain at the Battle of Guadalete ➔ 711 - 732 ; Muslims invade and capture southern Spain, Narbonne, Carcassonne ➔ 732 ; Charles Martel expanded the Frankish kingdom on the east ➔ 752 ; Pepin the Short is recognized king by the pope ➔ 774 ; Conquests of Charlemagne start ➔ 789 ; Vikings begin attack on England CHARLES MARTEL
- 7. 800 - 900 ➔ 800 ; Charlemagne had his coronation ➔ 814 ; Charlemagne dies ➔ 825 ; The Mercian King was overthrown by a West Saxon ➔ 843 ; Frankish empire divides ➔ 871 - 899 ; Alfred the Great creates a system of government and education that unifies the Anglo-Saxon states EUROPE IN 800
- 8. 900 - 1000 ➔ 911 ; Viking chief Rollo forms a treaty with King Charles. Rollo converts to Christianity and is granted Charles’ daughter’s hand and land that would become Normandy, France ➔ 962 ; Otto the Great defeats Hungarians and is a result is named Emperor of Rome ➔ 981 ; Erik the Red discovered Greenland ERIK THE RED
- 9. SOURCES ➔ http://www.garnetminstrelles.com/Outside2/SocialStudies/Kuhns/Europe%20400- 1000%20The%20Dark%20Ages.htm ➔ http://www.korcula.net/ppages/markomarelic_german.htm ➔ https://www.uni-due.de/SHE/HE_GermanicInvasions.htm ➔ http://peter.mackenzie.org/history/hist33141.htm ➔ http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/romanbritain/a/timeromanbrit.htm ➔ http://www.tacitus.nu/historical-atlas/francia.htm ➔ http://viking.no/e/etimeline.htm