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Romulus Augustus	Who was the last Western Roman Emperor?
476	When did the reign of the last Western Roman Emperor end?
Byzantine Empire	What is another name for the Eastern Roman Empire?
Justinian	What Eastern Roman Emperor reconquered Italy?
565	When did Justinian's reign end?
Aspar	When did Aspar die?
516	What year saw the death of Gundobad?
Stilicho	What notable Roman figure died in 408?
tax revenue	The loss of what led to the differentiation between the Western Roman Empire and the new kingdoms?
land or rents	Rather than taxes, what did the new kingdoms use to support their armies?
5th	In what century did the Ostrogoths arrive in Italy?
Theoderic	What Ostrogothic leader led his people into Italy?
the Huns	Who destroyed the Burgundian kingdom in 436?
Gaul	In what part of Europe did the Burgundians settle?
Childeric	Who was the first notable king of the Franks?
Slavic	People of what ethnicity settled in the Balkan Peninsula?
north-east	In what geographic region did most of the invaders settle in Gaul?
Romance languages	What is the collective name for languages derived from Latin?
Greek	What language was spoken in the Byzantine Empire?
Slavonic	What languages were spoken by the Slavs?
7th	In what century did the economic revival in the Eastern Roman Empire end?
5th	In what century was there peace with one of Rome's traditional enemies?
the Balkans	Where did most of the invasion in the Eastern Roman Empire take place?
438	What year saw the completion of the Theodosian Code?
Justinian	Who was Emperor when the Corpus Juris Civilis was compiled?
Slavic tribes	Who defeated the Eastern Roman Empire near Adrianople in 551?
the Avars	What tribe received tribute from the Eastern Roman emperors in the 6th century?
the Danube	Near what river were the Avars originally based?
Heraclius	During the reign of what Emperor did the Persians occupy Egypt?
602	In what year did the reign of Maurice end?
Cicero	What author would Jerome rather read than the Bible?
420	In what year did Jerome die?
6th	In what century did Gregory of Tours live?
music	Along with art, how was religious instruction commonly received in the late 6th century?
489	When was the death of Sidonius Apollinaris?
great feasts	What was the focus of aristocratic culture during this period?
jewels	Along with gold, what luxury was present on the clothes of the elite?
courage	Along with loyalty and honor, what virtue did the elite value?
Anglo-Saxon	In what society did women have status as abbesses?
Merovingian Gaul	In what country did Gregory of Tours live?
700	How many people might live in a large peasant settlement?
military service	What was a way in which a free peasant might become an aristocrat?
9th	In what century did written records of peasant life begin to appear?
law codes	Along with aristocratic writers, where do contemporary written descriptions of peasants come from?
archaeology	What field produces most of the finding about peasants from this era?
30,000	About how many people lived in Rome at the end of the 500s?
Christian churches	What new use was found for Roman temples?
Jews	What group was notably persecuted after the Roman Empire converted to Christianity?
Arab	What was the ethnicity of a leader who converted to Judaism in this era?
Zoroastrianism	What was the dominant religion of Persia before Islam?
632	In what yer did Muhammad die?
634–635	In what period did Islamic armies conquer Syria?
7th	In what century did Muslims conquer North Africa?
732	In what year did the Battle of Poitiers take place?
Abbasid	What Islamic dynasty followed the Umayyad?
Baghdad	What was the capital of the Abbasid state?
Tulunids	What dynasty ruled Egypt in this period?
the Franks	What group conquered southern France from Muslim forces?
Rome	Along with Naples, what city still traded African goods in the 7th century?
Muslim conquests	What event led to African goods no longer being traded in Western Europe by the end of the 7th century?
luxury goods	What non-local goods have archaeologists typically found in Britain of this era?
7th	During what century did gold coinage cease?
silver	Coinage from what metal replaced gold coinage?
penny	What was the Anglo-Saxon silver coin called?
denier	What was another name for the denarius?
Southern Europe	In what part of Europe were gold coins still minted?
Greek	What language was used by the eastern church?
Latin	What language did the western church use?
1054	When did the eastern and western churches split?
papal supremacy	Over what issue did the eastern and western churches split?
the Orthodox Church	What was the eastern church subsequently known as?
590	When did Gregory the Great become pope?
850	About how many of Gregory's letters were concerned with Constantinople or Italy?
Britain	In what region of Western Europe did the pope have influence?
597	When did the Gregorian mission travel to Britain?
615	When did Columbanus die?
monasticism	What religious lifestyle arose in the Early Middle Ages?
Pachomius	Who was the pioneer of cenobitism?
Benedict of Nursia	Who composed the Benedictine Rule?
northern	From what part of England did Bede come?
abbot	What was the title of the leader of a monastery?
Burgundy	Along with Austrasia and Neustria, what kingdom was originally part of the Frankish kingdom?
Merovingian	What dynasty ruled Neustria?
Clovis	From whom did the rulers of the Merovingian dynasty trace their ancestry?
Mayor of the Palace	What was the title of Pippin?
Charles Martel	What leader was victorious at the Battle of Poitiers?
Carolingian	What dynasty consisted of descendants of Charles Martel?
753	In what year did the Carolingians take over Neustria?
Pippin III	Who led the coup that gained control over Austrasia?
752	When did Stephen II become pope?
Carloman	Along with Charles, who was the son of Pippin?
Christmas Day 800	On what date did Charlemagne assume the imperial title?
peasants	Of what class were most inhabitants of the Carolingian Empire?
300	About how many counts existed in the Carolingian Empire?
small farms	In what settlements did most inhabitants of the Carolingian Empire live?
Scandinavia	Along with the British Isles, with what land did the Carolingians trade?
Aachen	Where was Charlemagne's court based?
Carolingian Renaissance	What is the name of the cultural revival associated with Charlemagne?
English	Of what ethnicity was Alcuin?
804	In what year did Alcuin die?

Romulus Augustus

Who was the last Western Roman Emperor?

476

When did the reign of the last Western Roman Emperor end?

Byzantine Empire

What is another name for the Eastern Roman Empire?

Justinian

What Eastern Roman Emperor reconquered Italy?

565

When did Justinian's reign end?

Aspar

When did Aspar die?

516

What year saw the death of Gundobad?

Stilicho

What notable Roman figure died in 408?

tax revenue

The loss of what led to the differentiation between the Western Roman Empire and the new kingdoms?

land or rents

Rather than taxes, what did the new kingdoms use to support their armies?

5th

In what century did the Ostrogoths arrive in Italy?

Theoderic

What Ostrogothic leader led his people into Italy?

the Huns

Who destroyed the Burgundian kingdom in 436?

Gaul

In what part of Europe did the Burgundians settle?

Childeric

Who was the first notable king of the Franks?

Slavic

People of what ethnicity settled in the Balkan Peninsula?

north-east

In what geographic region did most of the invaders settle in Gaul?

Romance languages

What is the collective name for languages derived from Latin?

Greek

What language was spoken in the Byzantine Empire?

Slavonic

What languages were spoken by the Slavs?

7th

In what century did the economic revival in the Eastern Roman Empire end?

5th

In what century was there peace with one of Rome's traditional enemies?

the Balkans

Where did most of the invasion in the Eastern Roman Empire take place?

438

What year saw the completion of the Theodosian Code?

Justinian

Who was Emperor when the Corpus Juris Civilis was compiled?

Slavic tribes

Who defeated the Eastern Roman Empire near Adrianople in 551?

the Avars

What tribe received tribute from the Eastern Roman emperors in the 6th century?

the Danube

Near what river were the Avars originally based?

Heraclius

During the reign of what Emperor did the Persians occupy Egypt?

602

In what year did the reign of Maurice end?

Cicero

What author would Jerome rather read than the Bible?

420

In what year did Jerome die?

6th

In what century did Gregory of Tours live?

music

Along with art, how was religious instruction commonly received in the late 6th century?

489

When was the death of Sidonius Apollinaris?

great feasts

What was the focus of aristocratic culture during this period?

jewels

Along with gold, what luxury was present on the clothes of the elite?

courage

Along with loyalty and honor, what virtue did the elite value?

Anglo-Saxon

In what society did women have status as abbesses?

Merovingian Gaul

In what country did Gregory of Tours live?

700

How many people might live in a large peasant settlement?

military service

What was a way in which a free peasant might become an aristocrat?

9th

In what century did written records of peasant life begin to appear?

law codes

Along with aristocratic writers, where do contemporary written descriptions of peasants come from?

archaeology

What field produces most of the finding about peasants from this era?

30,000

About how many people lived in Rome at the end of the 500s?

Christian churches

What new use was found for Roman temples?

Jews

What group was notably persecuted after the Roman Empire converted to Christianity?

Arab

What was the ethnicity of a leader who converted to Judaism in this era?

Zoroastrianism

What was the dominant religion of Persia before Islam?

632

In what yer did Muhammad die?

634–635

In what period did Islamic armies conquer Syria?

7th

In what century did Muslims conquer North Africa?

732

In what year did the Battle of Poitiers take place?

Abbasid

What Islamic dynasty followed the Umayyad?

Baghdad

What was the capital of the Abbasid state?

Tulunids

What dynasty ruled Egypt in this period?

the Franks

What group conquered southern France from Muslim forces?

Rome

Along with Naples, what city still traded African goods in the 7th century?

Muslim conquests

What event led to African goods no longer being traded in Western Europe by the end of the 7th century?

luxury goods

What non-local goods have archaeologists typically found in Britain of this era?

7th

During what century did gold coinage cease?

silver

Coinage from what metal replaced gold coinage?

penny

What was the Anglo-Saxon silver coin called?

denier

What was another name for the denarius?

Southern Europe

In what part of Europe were gold coins still minted?

Greek

What language was used by the eastern church?

Latin

What language did the western church use?

1054

When did the eastern and western churches split?

papal supremacy

Over what issue did the eastern and western churches split?

the Orthodox Church

What was the eastern church subsequently known as?

590

When did Gregory the Great become pope?

850

About how many of Gregory's letters were concerned with Constantinople or Italy?

Britain

In what region of Western Europe did the pope have influence?

597

When did the Gregorian mission travel to Britain?

615

When did Columbanus die?

monasticism

What religious lifestyle arose in the Early Middle Ages?

Pachomius

Who was the pioneer of cenobitism?

Benedict of Nursia

Who composed the Benedictine Rule?

northern

From what part of England did Bede come?

abbot

What was the title of the leader of a monastery?

Burgundy

Along with Austrasia and Neustria, what kingdom was originally part of the Frankish kingdom?

Merovingian

What dynasty ruled Neustria?

Clovis

From whom did the rulers of the Merovingian dynasty trace their ancestry?

Mayor of the Palace

What was the title of Pippin?

Charles Martel

What leader was victorious at the Battle of Poitiers?

Carolingian

What dynasty consisted of descendants of Charles Martel?

753

In what year did the Carolingians take over Neustria?

Pippin III

Who led the coup that gained control over Austrasia?

752

When did Stephen II become pope?

Carloman

Along with Charles, who was the son of Pippin?

Christmas Day 800

On what date did Charlemagne assume the imperial title?

peasants

Of what class were most inhabitants of the Carolingian Empire?

300

About how many counts existed in the Carolingian Empire?

small farms

In what settlements did most inhabitants of the Carolingian Empire live?

Scandinavia

Along with the British Isles, with what land did the Carolingians trade?

Aachen

Where was Charlemagne's court based?

Carolingian Renaissance

What is the name of the cultural revival associated with Charlemagne?

English

Of what ethnicity was Alcuin?

804

In what year did Alcuin die?