Germanic invaders attack Rome
Over the past two nights, I hope you have been able to compare your summaries with mine. A few things to remember about this process:
1. Try to read thoroughly, and gain a sense of what the author is trying to focus on.
2. Don't get bogged down with too many names and dates.
3. Check the first sentence, and see if what it says is repeated or confirmed in other sentences within the paragraph.
Remember, I think this is an important skill to learn. In many careers and future classes, you will be asked to be able to condense a larger amount of material into a smaller, easier to digest amount.
On to the assignment from today:
8. The Franks were different than other Germanic tribes due to the fact that they didn't abandon their homeland, and this allowed them to grow strong enough to first conquer Gaul and eventually form a united empire.
9. By the end of the 400s, the Western Roman Empire was overrun and replaced by Germanic kingdoms, which ruled Italy, Spain, and especially France (Franks).
10. The Romans weren't necessarily overrun by large numbers of Germanic barbarians, but instead were their own worst enemy.
11. The Western Roman Empire fell, but it was survived by the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines) which conquered parts of Western Europe in a short-lived revival during the 6th century under Emperor Justinian.
1. Try to read thoroughly, and gain a sense of what the author is trying to focus on.
2. Don't get bogged down with too many names and dates.
3. Check the first sentence, and see if what it says is repeated or confirmed in other sentences within the paragraph.
Remember, I think this is an important skill to learn. In many careers and future classes, you will be asked to be able to condense a larger amount of material into a smaller, easier to digest amount.
On to the assignment from today:
8. The Franks were different than other Germanic tribes due to the fact that they didn't abandon their homeland, and this allowed them to grow strong enough to first conquer Gaul and eventually form a united empire.
9. By the end of the 400s, the Western Roman Empire was overrun and replaced by Germanic kingdoms, which ruled Italy, Spain, and especially France (Franks).
10. The Romans weren't necessarily overrun by large numbers of Germanic barbarians, but instead were their own worst enemy.
11. The Western Roman Empire fell, but it was survived by the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantines) which conquered parts of Western Europe in a short-lived revival during the 6th century under Emperor Justinian.