by: cassie wooters and kaitlyn johnson. period of human migration marked transition from late...

By: Cassie Wooters and Kaitlyn Johnson

Period of human migration

Marked transition from Late Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages

AD 300 to 700

First phase

Second phase

Europe

First Phase: into Roman Empire. Out of Northern Europe

Second Phase: Roman Empire, other sections of Europe

Extreme weather

Fall of Roman Empire

Collapse of Roman economic power

Arrival of Huns

Weakened sense of Roman identity

Organization not based on Roman models

Not dependent on Roman gold

Steady movement of Germanic tribes

Franks

Integrated into original populations

Least dangerous

2nd to 5th century migrations

Huns

Weakened Roman state

Visigoths and Vandals

New cultural group

Magyars and Vikings

Violent

Visigoth penetration into Italy (401-415)

Ostrogoths destroyed by Romans

Suaves, Vandals, Alans invade Spain(409-439)

Huns invade Gaul

Vandals attack again

793- 911

Very violent

Successful for the Danish

Attacks: Ireland, Thames River, English Channel, Rhine and Escalda Rivers, Lisbon and Seville (failed), England, and Paris

Conquered: Orkney and Hebrides islands, Ireland, and England

899-955

Less violent

Not very successful compared to Viking attacks

Invasions: Lorraine and Saxony

Attacks: Saxony, Italy, and Bavaria (failed)

European set back

Replacement

Economic fragmentation

Franks formed the basis of modern day France and Germany

Militarized society

Magyars defeated

Vikings accepted Christianity

Church channeled violence into Crusades

All of the following terms/phrases are associated with The Barbarian Invasions EXCEPT?:

Ostrogoths

The Roman Empire

European Monarchies

Extreme Weather

Which statement best describes the downfall of the Roman Empire?

a. The disintegration of Roman economic power weakened groups formerly dependent of Roman gifts and combined with the arrival of the Huns, many groups invaded the provinces.

b. The changes in the administration which took place were the result of the breakdown in Roman political control which exposed the weakness of Roman rule at the local level resulting in military takeovers.

c. Economic fragmentation removed many of the political, cultural and economic forces that initially bound the empire together.

d. The flooding of tribes into Roman provinces ended classical urbanism and began new types of rural settlements.

Which of the following statements are correct?

1. The Maygar attacks were not as successful as the Viking attacks.

2. The first phase invasions boosted Europe’s economy.

3. The second phase invasions took place in the Roman empire and other sections of Europe.

4 . The Ostrogoth’s were destroyed by the Romans.

only 1 is correct

2 and 4 are correct

1, 3 and 4 are correct

2, 3 and 4 are correct

Which of the following choices is a result of the other four?:

a. Magyar defeated

b. Crusades

c. Second Phase Invasions

d. Vikings accepted Christianity

e. Franks formed basis of today’s Germany and France

The main causes of the Barbarian Invasions were the fall of the ____, extreme weather, ________, and the collapse of Roman economic power.

A. European nations, decreasing amounts of food available

B. Roman Empire, increasing political differences in Rome’s government

C. Roman Empire, arrival of the Huns

D. Magyar Empire, civil war within Europe