The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)Chapter 6:
A World DividedCritical Thinking Questions- The Making of the Western Kingdoms, ca. 376 - 750
- Describe Germanic culture. How did it differ from Roman society and culture?
- What was the relationship between the Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire in the fourth century? How did that relationship change with the arrival of the Huns?
- What was the impact of religious divisions among the Germanic tribes on the empire?
- How did Germanic kings eventually replace Roman emperors?
- What factors played a part in the transformation of Rome? How did life in the western part of the empire change for Romans? For Germanic peoples?
- What did Gregory the Great do to advance papal power?
- What were the ideas laid out in Benedict's Rule?
- How did Ireland become Christian? How did Christianity take root in Britain?
- What were Clovis' achievements? Why was his conversion to orthodox Christianity significant?
- Who were the scholars at Theodoric's court? What were their ideas and contributions?
- What happened in Italy after the murder of Amalasuntha?
- What were the weaknesses of Visigothic civilization? What happened to the kingdom in the Iberian peninsula?
- The Byzantine Empire, ca. 400 - 1000
- What was Theodora's role in the governance of Constantinople?
- What were the outstanding accomplishments of the Byzantine empire under Justinian and Theodora's rule?
- How did the Byzantines manage the problem of the growing disparity between rich and poor?
- What was the Byzantine solution to corruption in government?
- What challenges did the Byzantine empire face? How did the Byzantines cope with these problems?
- What were the factors leading to the increasing distance between the eastern and western parts of the empire?
- What were the religious disputes that led to the split between the eastern and the western churches?
- How were the Slavs and the Russians converted to the Greek Orthodox Church?
- Islam, 600 - 1000
- Who was Muhammad and how did he become the leader of a new religious movement?
- What are the basic beliefs and practices of Islam?
- How and why did Islam spread so rapidly?
- What was the importance of the Battle of Tours for Christian Europe?
- Why was Muslim rule successful in unifying conquered territories?
- How did life in Muslim society change with the expansion of the empire?
- What problems did ethnicity cause within Islamic society?
- What was the outcome of the controversy over who would succeed the prophet?
- Describe the Umayyad and the Abbasid caliphates. What were the differences in their rule over the empire?
- What intellectual gains did the Muslim world make?
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