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History–DarkAgesYear3/4SpringTerm CycleA

WhyissolittleknownabouttheDarkAges?

Wheredoesitfitin?

Williamthe

Conqueror1066AD

BecamekingofEnglandafterhedefeatedtheAnglo

SaxonsattheBattleofHastings,whichendedtheDarkAgesandbeganthe

MedievalPeriod

KingSven1013AD

ThefirstVikingkinginBritain

KingAlfredtheGreat871AD

AnAngloSaxonkingwhotriedtodefendBritainfromthe

Vikings

Charlemagne

850ADKingofWesternEurope.Foughtandwonlotsof

battlestogainland.BecamethemostpowerfulrulersincetheRomanEmpire

EmperorRomulus

Augustus476AD

The last RomanEmperor before thecivilisationfell

Howdopreviousquestions/topicslinktothecurrenttopic?

-Whatwashappeningintheworldduringthattime?-HowdidtheGreekcivilisationcomparetothelifeintheDarkAges?-Howarethetwoagessimilar/different?

KeyKnowledge

KeyVocabulary

Timeline

Allchildren-regardlessofabilityorbackground-haveequalaccesstoanexciting,contextbasedhistorycurriculumwhichprovidesanunderstandingofchronology,knowledgeofsignificantindividualsandevents,andensuresthatallchildrencanformandjustifyhistoricalopinions.

civilisations Thesociety,cultureandwayoflifeofaparticulararea.

empire Agroupofcountriesruledoverbyasinglemonarch.

Europe Acontinentofthenorthernhemisphere,boundedbytheMediterraneanseaandmountainranges.

RomanEmpire

ThelargeareasoflandgovernedbyemperorswhohadcompletepowerMediterraneaninEurope,Africa,andAsia.

Barbarians Peoplenotbelongingtooneofthegreatcivilisations(Greek,Roman,Christian).

population Alltheinhabitantsofaparticularplace.

AngloSaxons PeoplefromGermanywhoinhabitedEnglandfromthe5thcenturytotheNormanconquest.

Vikings Scandanaviansinthe8-11thcenturieswhotravelledbyseatoraidandsettleinEurope.

150AD

Aglobalcoldfrontsweepstheearth.

372-410ADThefalloftheRomanEmpire

400ADGroupsofuneducated

peoplespeakingdifferentlanguagesspreadacrosstheland(Barbarians)

410ADAngloSaxonsarriveinEurope

527-564ADTheriseoftheByzantiumEmpireand

theestablishmentofChristianity

700ADPopulationsgrowasglobaltemperaturesbegintorise,allowingfarmingtobecome

successful

865ADTheVikingsinvadeBritain,firstraidingthemonastryat

Lindesfarne

1000ADSeparatekingdomsareestablishedandChristinityspreadssofightingdiesdownandtheDarkAgescomes

toanend.

850ADCharlemagneestablishesFrance,bringsbackeducationandhelpsto

spreadChristianity

-TheDarkAgesisalsoknownastheEarlyMiddleAgesbecauseitcamebetweenperiodsoftimewithhighlydevelopedcivilisations.-TheDarkagesbeganattheendoftheRomanEmpire,whichwasalsoatimewhenaglobalcoldfrontsweptacrosstheearth,makingfarmingdifficultandcausinggroupsofpeopletodieout.-AstheRomanEmpirefellapart,newgroupsofpeople(Barbarians)scatteredacrosstheland.Theywereuneducatedpeoplewhospokedifferentlanguagessotheystruggledtogetonwitheachother.TheyreplacedthemorecivilizedRomans-Becauseofthis,theDarkAgeswereatimewhenthepopulationwasdeclining,therewaslittleliteratureorotherartsandlotsofbattles.-Atthistime,theAngloSaxonslivedinBritain,theVikingslivedinScandanaviaandtheByzantineslivedinEurope.- As the world began to warm up again, farming became moresucessfulandpopulationsstartedtogrow.-Aslifesettleddown,landwasdividedupintofarms,fightingdieddown and people began to focusmore on education and religionagain,particularlyChristianity.

800ADLandisdividedupinto

farms

Justinianthe

Great527AD

ByzantineEmperor.Triedtorevivethegreatnessof

theRomanEmpire,Re-wroteRomanlawformingthebasisofmoderncivillaw