The Bronze Age → Dark Ages Greece Mesopotamia - Tigris and Euphrates Egypt - Nile : flooding every year which makes the soil fertile In the 4th millenium‚ settled clusters of people 1. Predynastic 2. Old kingdom - known for grandiose architecture (pyramids) 3. First intermediate 4. Middle kingdom - brief‚ unspectacular 5. Second intermediate period - started around 1800 B.C.‚ Egypt is experiencing a decline‚ irregular floods‚ people losing trust in the government. Hyksos
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reading‚ writing‚ simple arithmetic and a book summarizing the principles of the Christian religion * 79% of peasants couldn’t read * 0% of the clergy and professions couldn’t read * Dark Ages- no one was literate‚ not even Charlemagne (first Holy Roman Emperor) * Middle Ages- literacy was scorned * Not many writers of books due to lack of copyrights * Medieval universities taught theology‚ law and medicine * Politics * The Pope (Church) was in charge
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“Petrarch expressed in 1341: The period stretching from the fall of the Roman Empire down to his age‚ a time of darkness. an era that was ‘dark’ because it was worthless not because it was little known.” This statement is true in many ways‚ yet misleading and completely wrong in others. Two opposite ends of the spectrum are Charlemagne and the Barbarians‚ one created feudalism‚ art‚ weapons and battle tactics‚ creating a kingdom that was a beacon of hope‚ while the other was a wave of death and destruction
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Europe was in a dark age for the following reasons. Thousands of people died from the bubonic plague‚ crusades were intense‚ and power of the government. For instance‚ the bubonic plague‚ also known as the “black death”‚ spread around at rapid speed. According to the Black Death document‚ “The plague infected the Indians in India‚ the Sind‚ the Persians‚ and the Crimea. … killing daily one thousand or more and destroying the population.” Many knights died because of the crusades‚ some of their man
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belief of human achievement. The most important creation in the universe to them was humanity. The period of Dark Ages occurred from 1150 to 800 B.C.E. There were no written records to be found‚ and so the culture had turned to simpler forms. On the Aegean island/sea are where some decorated pottery and crafted metal objects began to appear. Everything that we know today about the Dark Ages‚ has came from inferences drawn from the Iliad and the Odyssey. A big thanks should be given to Homer because
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Religion Brought a Light to the Dark Ages The dark ages have been known as a period of decline during the middle ages; however‚ the time is not dark from a religious standpoint. The time is considered dark‚ because of the cultural and economic decline in the Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The term dark ages became about‚ because of the backward ways of life everyone soon started taking on. The advancements in new practices of living soon came to a halt and old methods soon starting
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The Dark Ages There has been an ongoing debate between scholars and historians on if the term Dark Ages truly describes the period after the Roman Empire demise. Due to a lack of record keeping‚ literature and culture tracking there has been a misconception that the time period called the Dark Ages due to being dark times and because there was some sort of regressive thinking process. But we now have the ability to trace things back to the period that suggest otherwise. Feudalism was the system
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Milan conference 1880 & dark ages of ASL “In 1880 there was a international conference of Deaf educators‚ The second international congress on education of the Deaf. At this conference‚ held September 6 -11- 1880‚ a declaration was made that oral education was better than manual (sign) education.” (By James Berke). The overall goal of the Milan conference was to ban sign language as a form of teaching Deaf people. Edward Minor Gallaudet was a major supporter of sign language being used as a form
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Religious Art During the Dark Ages and the Renaissance Kennedy Paige Period 8 December 10‚ 2012 Ermine- symbolizes truth‚ fidelity‚ mischief making. Often associated with the aristocracy or royalty. lamb- symbolizes humanity‚ peace‚ and innocence. The lamb represents Christ as the Lamb‚ and also Christians as the flock. Cat- symbolizes shrewdness‚ treachery‚ trickery and watchfulness. Often associated with Satan‚ witchcraft or sorcery. Unicorn- symbolizes purity‚ harmony and the arrival
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about the "Dark Ages" you might think of depressing or evil. What people call it now is the "Middle Ages". Not alot came out of the Middle Ages‚ but people were fulled with joy and spirit. Dark Ages doesn’t qutie suite the Middle Ages becuase Dark Ages doesnt really apply the image of people being happy. Document B: The Manga Carta How did religion influence the Magna Carta? In article I‚ they granted to God that the English Church would become free and have all its rights and liberties. How did the
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