400-500 - Introduction of Christianity into Nubia
476 - Collapse of the Western Roman Empire
527-565 - Justinian’s rule of Byzantium
1346-1350 - Black Death in Europe
1453 - Turks overthrow Constantinople
1492 - Christian Reconquista of Spain from Islam
See Figure 10.4 on pg 487 vv This kind of sucks TBH
476 - Collapse of the Western Roman Empire
527-565 - Justinian’s rule of Byzantium
1346-1350 - Black Death in Europe
1453 - Turks overthrow Constantinople
1492 - Christian Reconquista of Spain from Islam
- Dhimmis - A dhimmi (Arabic: ذمي, meaning "protected person") refers to specific individuals living in Muslim lands, who were granted special status and safety in Islamic law in return for paying the capital tax. (Tribute tax)
- Pluralism - Classical pluralism is the view that politics and decision making are located mostly in the framework of government, but that many non-governmental groups use their resources to exert influence. The central question for classical pluralism is how power and influence are distributed in a political process. (IDK - I guessed)
- Jesus Sutras - The Jesus Sutras are early Chinese language manuscripts of Christian teachings. They are connected with the 7th century mission of Alopen, a Church of the East bishop from Persia.
- Ethiopian Christianity - Christianity in Ethiopia. Divided into several groups, the largest of which is the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
- Icons - Icons (from the Greek eikones) are sacred images representing the saints, Christ, and the Virgin, as well as narrative scenes such as Christ's Crucifixion.
- Eastern Orthodox - of or consisting of the Eastern churches that form a loose federation according primacy of honor to the patriarch of Constantinople and adhering to the decisions of the first seven ecumenical councils and to the Byzantine rite.
- Holy Roman Empire - The Holy Roman Empire was a multi-ethnic complex of territories in central Europe that developed during the Early Middle Ages and continued until its dissolution in 1806.
- Odoacer - Flavius Odoacer, also known as Flavius Odovacer, was a soldier, who in 476 became the first King of Italy. His reign is commonly seen as marking the end of the Western Roman Empire.
- Charlemagne - Charlemagne, also known as Charles the Great or Charles I, was King of the Franks. He united most of Western Europe during the early Middle Ages and laid the foundations for modern France and Germany.
- Caesaropapism - Is the idea of combining the power of secular government with the religious power, or making it superior to the spiritual authority of the Church; especially concerning the connection of the Church with government. (Instead of separating government and religion, they brought it together)
See Figure 10.4 on pg 487 vv This kind of sucks TBH
I. Christian Contraction in Asia and Africa
A. Asian Christianity
1. The challenge of Islam, yet many cases of tolerance
2. Nestorian Christians in the Middle East and China
3. Mongols and Christians
B. African Christianity
1. Coptic Church in Egypt
2. Nubia
3. Ethiopia
II. Byzantine Christendom: Building on the Roman Past
A. The Byzantine State
1. A smaller but more organized Roman Empire
2. Wealth and splendor of the court
3. Under attack from the West and East, 1085–1453
B. The Byzantine Church and Christian Divergence
1. Caesaropapism
2. Intense internal theological debates
3. Orthodox/Catholic divide
4. Impact of the Crusades
C. Byzantium and the World
1. Conflicts with Persians, Arabs, and Turks
2. Long-distance trade, coins, and silk production
3. Preservation of Greek learning
4. Slavic world and Cyrillic script
D. The Conversion of Russia
1. Kievan Rus
2. Prince Vladimir of Kiev
3. Doctrine of a “third Rome”
III. Western Christendom: Rebuilding in the Wake of Roman Collapse
A. Political Life in Western Europe, 500–1000
1. What was lost with the fall of Rome?
2. What aspects of Rome survived?
3. Charlemagne as a Roman emperor, 800
B. Society and the Church
1. Feudalism and Serfdom
2. Role of the Roman Catholic Church
3. Spreading the faith
4. Conflicts between church and state
C. Accelerating Change in the West
1. New security after 1000
2. High Middle Ages (1000–1300)
3. Revival of long-distance trade
4. Urbanization and specialization of labor
5. Territorial kingdoms, Italian city-states, and German principalities
6. Rise and fall of opportunities for women
D. Europe Outward Bound: The Crusading Tradition
1. Merchants, diplomats, and missionaries
2. Christian piety and warrior values
3. Seizure of Jerusalem, 1099
4. Crusader states, 1099–1291
5. Iberia, Baltic Sea, Byzantium, and Russia
6. Less important than Turks and Mongols
7. Cross-cultural trade, technology transfer, and intellectual exchange
8. Hardening of boundaries
IV. The West in Comparative Perspective
A. Catching Up
1. Backwards Europe
2. New trade initiatives
3. Agricultural breakthroughs
4. Wind and water mills
5. Gunpowder and maritime technology
B. Pluralism in Politics
1. A system of competing states
2. Gunpowder revolution
3. States, the church, and the nobility
4. Merchant independence
C. Reason and Faith
1. Connections to Greek thought
2. Autonomous universities
3. A new interest in rational thought
4. Search for Greek texts
5. Comparisons with Byzantium and the Islamic World
IV. Remembering and Forgetting: Continuity and Surprise in the Worlds of Christendom
A. Christendom’s legacies
B. Misleading history?
A. Asian Christianity
1. The challenge of Islam, yet many cases of tolerance
2. Nestorian Christians in the Middle East and China
3. Mongols and Christians
B. African Christianity
1. Coptic Church in Egypt
2. Nubia
3. Ethiopia
II. Byzantine Christendom: Building on the Roman Past
A. The Byzantine State
1. A smaller but more organized Roman Empire
2. Wealth and splendor of the court
3. Under attack from the West and East, 1085–1453
B. The Byzantine Church and Christian Divergence
1. Caesaropapism
2. Intense internal theological debates
3. Orthodox/Catholic divide
4. Impact of the Crusades
C. Byzantium and the World
1. Conflicts with Persians, Arabs, and Turks
2. Long-distance trade, coins, and silk production
3. Preservation of Greek learning
4. Slavic world and Cyrillic script
D. The Conversion of Russia
1. Kievan Rus
2. Prince Vladimir of Kiev
3. Doctrine of a “third Rome”
III. Western Christendom: Rebuilding in the Wake of Roman Collapse
A. Political Life in Western Europe, 500–1000
1. What was lost with the fall of Rome?
2. What aspects of Rome survived?
3. Charlemagne as a Roman emperor, 800
B. Society and the Church
1. Feudalism and Serfdom
2. Role of the Roman Catholic Church
3. Spreading the faith
4. Conflicts between church and state
C. Accelerating Change in the West
1. New security after 1000
2. High Middle Ages (1000–1300)
3. Revival of long-distance trade
4. Urbanization and specialization of labor
5. Territorial kingdoms, Italian city-states, and German principalities
6. Rise and fall of opportunities for women
D. Europe Outward Bound: The Crusading Tradition
1. Merchants, diplomats, and missionaries
2. Christian piety and warrior values
3. Seizure of Jerusalem, 1099
4. Crusader states, 1099–1291
5. Iberia, Baltic Sea, Byzantium, and Russia
6. Less important than Turks and Mongols
7. Cross-cultural trade, technology transfer, and intellectual exchange
8. Hardening of boundaries
IV. The West in Comparative Perspective
A. Catching Up
1. Backwards Europe
2. New trade initiatives
3. Agricultural breakthroughs
4. Wind and water mills
5. Gunpowder and maritime technology
B. Pluralism in Politics
1. A system of competing states
2. Gunpowder revolution
3. States, the church, and the nobility
4. Merchant independence
C. Reason and Faith
1. Connections to Greek thought
2. Autonomous universities
3. A new interest in rational thought
4. Search for Greek texts
5. Comparisons with Byzantium and the Islamic World
IV. Remembering and Forgetting: Continuity and Surprise in the Worlds of Christendom
A. Christendom’s legacies
B. Misleading history?