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Dark Ages Dbq

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Europe fell into the Dark Ages on August 24th, 410 A.D. Rome was one of the greatest empires at the time. That is, before August. It controlled most trade routes, and a lot of land. Then came the day where the Visigoths invaded the Visigoths were western branches of the nomadic tribes of Germanic. Famine, plague, persecutions, and persistent warfare followed. Half of the healthy people living in Rome died. The thugs looted markets, causing a downfall in supplies such as food and clothing. After that, traders brought rats over to europe to the crushed, once powerful empire.

Before the dark ages people called Rome the mother of the world. I believe that referring to Rome as “Mother of the world” means that it was very “in control” of life. Rome controlled most trade routes, making them incredibly powerful. Being able to have all …show more content…

The effects of the plague on an individual included, paranoia, insomnia, and extreme fever. Another consequence of the plague was Emperor Justinian being infected which caused the poverty, and famine in Europe. The plague also killed over ⅓ of the population.

The monks were mentioned in the documentary because they gave us most information about the dark ages, they also they brought back christianity. The monks illuminated their age by preserving books, which gave us information from years before. History and knowledge was preserved because of them. They were peaceful people who did not fight, for example while all the violent warfare was occurring they were locked away in their houses writing books. Some challenges they faced were famine, poverty, war, drought, and disease.

The Moors were attacking europe but charlemagne saw it coming. The Moors were Muslims and at the time europe was christian. The invaders wanted to take europe and make it Muslim. Charlemagne was spectacular because he saw the raid coming and defended his religion and

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