Western Rome Dbq

Name: Rebekah Wittman Feb. 2, 2016 Mrs. Stewart- Global 9 Fall of Rome DBQ In the third century C.E., Rome faced many problems. There were both internal and external factors that weakened the expansive empire. There were many social factors that contributed to the fall of the Western Roman Empire. The fall of the Western Roman Empire was impacted by several social factors. For example, “the introduction of Christianity had some influence on the decline and fall of the Roman empire”

DBQ: Fall of the Western Roman Empire The fall of the Western Roman Empire began at the end of the Pax Romana during 180 A.D. After the death of Marcus Aurelius. Rome always had bad rulers but around this time it’s rulers got worse. In addition, Rome began to face internal ars. Generals and social classes ? Economics contributed to the fall of the Roman Empire. According to Document 4, “Part of the money went into… the maintenance of the army and of the vest bureaucracy required by a centralized

destruction with disease. Then the next mistake was Rome infuriating an enemy, and they didn’t know what would come next. So one would see the destruction failure brought Rome after this evidence. First, there is the beginning of the mistakes Rome began to make. That mistake was allowing Germans into their territory, even though they were already having problems with barbarians, which were again, Germans. So the Romans invited Germans into Rome to help farm, as stated from my textbook page 31 “

Average people throughout Western Europe devoted their lives to Christianity, performing tasks “in the name of God,” and donating wealth to the poor and church. Christianity eventually became part of the establishment, therefore rulers influenced and enforced Christianity upon society. Jesus Christ used his teachings to gain followers and spread Christianity through inclusivity of the oppressed: women, the poor, and the dispossessed. Christianity spread throughout Rome and created disorder because

beauty and intelligence of the individual. As more people became educated, human­ ism worked its way into the arts, literature, the sciences, and medicine. The early Renaissance was especially vigor­ ous in the city-states of Italy - place s like Rome , Venice, Florence, and Milan. The invention of the printing press in the mid-1400s gave the Re­ naissance and humanism even more momentum. Initially, the Renais sance was an upper-middle class movement, but thank s to the mechanization of

Humanities Name ________________ Mr. Kelly & Mr. Waterman DBQ – Barbarian Invasions Introduction: Much of the Roman frontier followed the natural boundaries of the Rhine and Danube rivers across Europe. On the other side of these rivers were territories the Romans never brought under their control and tribal peoples such as the Goths, Franks, Vandals, and Huns. By the middle of the fourth century CE, many Roman governors had allowed these so-called “barbarians” to settle on the Roman side

Genghis Khan. 04/14/1258 Mongols Mogols overran Islamic Empire. Destroyed Baghdad and ended Abbasid Dynasty. 04/14/1260 Mongols Defeted Mogols defeated by the mamluks of Egypt. As well as the Mongol Empire extended from Siberrian forest to the western punjab. also, from yellow sea to eastern med coast. 04/15/1274 fedual japan mongol attacks on japan repulsed. 04/14/1275 Mongols: Marco Polo 1275-1295 Venetian trader Marco Polo lived in the Mongol Empire. Marco Polo visited and befriended the

VO L U M E FOR TEACHERS ONLY The University of the State of New York 2 2 OF DBQ REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION GLOBAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Tuesday, August 17, 2010 — 12:30 to 3:30 p.m., only RATING GUIDE FOR PART III A AND PART III B (DOCUMENT-BASED QUESTION) Updated information regarding the rating of this examination may be posted on the New York State Education Department’s web site during the rating period. Visit the site http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/osa/ and select the link