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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