2º eso germanic kingdoms
- 1. 1. WHAT WERE THE GERMANIC MIGRATIONS? The decline of the Roman Empire • The Roman Empire had a big economic, social and military crisis since the third century • As a result, Germanic tribes from the north started to attack the Empire • In 395 the Emperor Theodosius divided the Empire in two parts to defend better the Roman territories: • The Western Roman Empire (Spain, France, England, Italy, Morocco, Tunisia…) • The Eastern Roman Empire (Greece, the Balkans, Turkey, Egypt, Palestina…)
- 2. Nevertheless, the Germanic attacks were bigger and the last emperor – Romulus Augustulus – was deposed in 476 The Western part of the Empire was divided in some kingdoms like the Frankish Kingdom, the Ostrogothic Kingdom or the Kingdom of the Visigoths. Europe in 500 AD
- 3. During the sixth century the Germanic kingdoms, the Byzantine Empire and tribes fight to set their kingdoms. Europe in 600 AD By the time of the sixth century, Western Europe had a big crisis because the Germanic kingdoms didn’t have the organization of the Roman Empire For that reason some Germanic Kingdoms assumed features from the Romans like the language, the law or the religion which was the Christianity.
- 4. What did Britain look like in the sixth century? Tribes from the north of Germany and Danemark invaded the island and they fixed kingdoms in the Eastern part of Britain. They were the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes. In the Western part of England, in Wales, in Scotland and Ireland, the Celts remained. (The Celts had been living in the Islands before the Roman time).
- 5. It was the time of King Arthur HOMEWORK: Write a composition about King Arthur (around 120 words) in your notebook Search the information in internet and describe the legend and the reality of this king. At the end, write down the websites that you have searched to write the composition.
- 6. REVIEW Who lived to the north of the Roman Empire? GERMANIC TRIBES Who did the Emperor Theodosious divide the Empire between? Between his sons: Arcadius (Eastern Empire) and Honorius (Western Empire)
- 7. Where did the Franks live? Where did the Lombards live? They lived in the current FRANCE They lived in parts of the current ITALY Where did the Saxons and the Angles live? They lived in the Eastern part of the current ENGLAND Where did the Ostrogoths live? They mainly lived in parts of the current ITALY before the lombards
- 8. What language did some Germanic kingdoms and tribes adopt? Which languages come from Latin nowadays? LATIN THE ROMANIC LANGUAGES What religion did some Germanic peoples adopt? They became Christians