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The vikings were from scandinavia as they live stories of discoveries, conquests and many other stories as well. They were also farmers, traders, and adventurers. And one day, the vikings, suddenly disapeared. But during their 300 year of their reign of terror and chaos, they were the supreme terrorists. They would terrorize holy monastaries, churches, houses, buildings, town, villages, and even major cities. But their first and the largest attack was an attack at one of the holiest monastaries in that coastal areas. This was able to happen due to their convenient boats. All their boats had the same design but what allowed them to travel on rivers was the ability to change the length, with, and depth of the boat. So it was very convenient and far ahead of their time. But these boats had the ability to travel to a certain area faster than any other as they can also carry weapons and siege weapons to capture cities. These vikings, who at first did this to servive now became some of the most fearful group of an organized military group in the middle ages. Due to their lack of room and food, they left for success and they acheived through pillaging monastaries, cities, and other things as well. They were so afraid that some of the kings like Philip the Bald just bribed the vikings to go away. However, this backfired as more vikings came to get more than what they gained. So vikings were formidable and fearsome group at that time.

monks summary The Holy Roman Empire has fallen causing mass chaos across the lands. death were eminent as order fell into chaos by the barbarians conquering and dividing the lands. What happened was quite bewildering as children, adults and elders alike suffered the same pain and ordeal. What happened was quite scary as 50% of the children died before adolence and 25% of them died before birth and everybody suffered misary and pain. But even during these times, there were those who were faithful to god and aided those in need: monks. These humble people helped everyone as they lived in their monastaries. They even kept and wrote books and scrolls that were written before. These books were used to educate them in order to keep some civilized manner. And some of them even performed miracles. One of them were saint Benedict, he used to be a noble until he decided to live a humble life by becoming a monk. But what he performed was beyond what we thought. As he did many things that made people started to believe that he was a miracle worker as he was able to repair pans and trays, cure illnesses, and most amazing of all, he was able to bring back that dead. So, a monastary nearby asked him to bcome their abba since he was a miracle worker. But they didn't know that their life was about to strict beyond their imagination. Well, their life became so strict that they were decided to assassinate him. But he lived due to luck as his poisoned drink's cup shattered and his poisoned bread stolen by a crow. And eventually, he built a 12 chain of monastaries that followed the rule of Benedict. Some of the nuns were unhappy when they joined because it wasn't by their choice as well as including the monks so some of them ran away while others joined in order to seek safe haven.

Castles

Castles were started to be built in the 9th century and they were held togethre by mortars. They oftenly had multiple walls in order for extra defense. It also had many components to it as well. Castles in the medieval ages were the most defensive buildings since they consisted of many objects within the castle that allowed them to suirvive the invasion better. Like they would rain arrows from the millions of holes in the towers and pour greek fire onto soldiers and knights trying to climb the wall. But if the castle ran out of resources, they would surrender since they could not gain fresh resources during war. Also, once the resources were gone, they would starve. So it was a battle of time as well.

Cathedrals

They were like enormous churches. They had towers, stiained glass windows, graves, and church services. And where there were church services, there were the monks, bishops and perhaps even the pope himself. The Cathedral held all these and the bells would tell time and the time for praying to begin and end. During and after these sessions, they would also provide wedding services, funerals, coronations, and they were also built to show off. The funeral services were a little special since some of them would be buried within the cathedral while others are outside the bulding. But most of all, it was a building of worship for christians to pray, preach, and sing as well. It was so holy that it was said that funding the construction of a cathedral woudl cleanse you of your sins.

Medieval Weapons of foot soldiers

Medieval Infantry used a variety of weapons. And you had to know at least a little about them in order to make the correct weapon choice in battle. The close combatants mostly used swords. But they still also used spears, axes, maces, flails, and many other weapons as well. Not to mention the fact that they also used many other types of close ranged weapons as well. But some and other soldiers whose profession is a long ranged fighter also wielded a variety of weapons as well. The long ranged fighter would most likely wield bows or crossbows. But in the 1400's, they made a gun which had a bad aim and it was terribly expensive as well. However, they could not take down the fortified walls of castles so they built siege weapons. These consisted of catapult, the balista, trebuchet, and the battering ram. The trebuchet and the catapult was essentially alike, the balista was a giant crossbow, and the battering ram was used to ram against the wall and the gates.

Feudalism notes


 * resulted from barbarian religion
 * nobles had to find a way to defend their own lands so built castles
 * were not allaberate
 * most was made of stone or wood
 * had drawbridges
 * knights were elite soldiers
 * had to have a lineage
 * gained payment from service
 * used a lot of money to maintain weapons and armor
 * paid for services with land
 * the given lands are called fief
 * anyone accepting a fief is called a vassal
 * the one who gave the land are called a lord
 * exchange of land for service was called the feudal system
 * anyone can be a lord as long as they give land
 * anyone can be a lord and vassal at the same time as long as they have land
 * requires an oath of fealty to gain a land
 * if has oath of fealty, you do whatever the lords want
 * most people served more than one lord
 * not everyone followed the king
 * some lords ignored duty as vassals
 * knights, nobles and lords held the land while worked on their land
 * early castles were made for defense not castle
 * very few windows
 * typical people in a village lived in one roomed houses
 * open holes in walls were used as windows
 * most people slept in beds of straw in a village
 * slept with animals
 * slept with the animals to gain heat
 * barely ate meat
 * lived in a smokey house
 * fires were often

Assignment #1

1. Since these barbarian tribes were in the "Dark Ages", do you think they were friendly towards each other? Why or why not?

They weren't friendly with each other since it was a time when a people stopped trusting one another. They were even too scared to travel to a nearby town. Afraid that they will be robbed.

2. One of the tribes we didn't study was called the Merovingians. Who were the Merovingians? (Use source 1 to answer this question.)

They were the largest of the Germanic Tribes actually having a king as well. They were even trying to build up a civilization under a king 400 AD to 700 AD. But they died out.

3. Who was Clovis and why was his conversion to Christianity important in history?

His conversion to Christianity was important since it turned most of the Germanic Tribe in Europe into Christianity which not only united them, but caused them to try to stop the Muslim invaders when they attacked.

Assignment #2

 1. What is considered the beginning of the Middle Ages? The fall of Rome was marked as the beginning of the Middle Ages.

2. What is the Latin name for the Middle Ages  The Latin name for it is medieval.

 3. Why do you think the Middle Ages are often called the "__**Dark**__ Ages"? What was the only hope for people during these difficult times? It was called the Dark Ages because we know nothing of it and it was a age of hardships. But they still clung on to their only hope: Christianity.

 4. While Europe was in the "Dark Ages", what was happening in the rest of the world? All the empires around the globe was getting stronger like the Chinese and the Muslims.

 5. How long did the "Dark Ages" last and what year did they end? It doesn't say.

 6. What does Renaissance mean and what happened during this time? Renaissance means rebirth and it was when Europe was starting to flourish.

Assignment #3

1. How did Charlemagne and the Franks turn their kingdom into an empire? He conquered the lands, then unified them under his rule.

2. What did Charlemagne do to educate people? He built schools all over the empire and brought in scholars and philosophers.

3. How and why did Charlemagne preserve ancient texts? He made scholars copy the ancient text in another parchment/scroll/books.

Assignment #4

There once was a knight named Arthur who was known to be a mastermind in battle and courageous like none other. He looked over a small outpost current day Britain. His eyes showed courage and calm as he looked over the land beyond his impenetrable wall. Every time before a battle, he would raise his troop's morale with this booming and confident voice. And these words would flow from his confident smile. He was not too muscular, but his slender body is able to wield his sword like none other. He would always wear a tunic over his chain mail as he rode upon his horse. He would always ride it unlike other proud and stuck up leaders. He was neither proud nor tense. Nor was he relaxed or uptight. And his thick leather boots would hang from his horses sides. As his metal gauntlets would hold the reign firmly to keep it under control while his other hand would bring cold steel upon their warm flesh. He would always carry his two-handed long sword into battle and on normal occasions for his protection. His long sword has devoured so many lives that they say that his sword reeks of death. Even with the blood thirsty sword, he would still be able to perform his interests in literature.

1. a. How are monks and monasteries related? Monks were people who spread the word of god and monasteries are places that monks go i order to pray to god. b. Why did missionaries travel to northern Europe? To spread the words of god to the northlands and the people who lives in it. c. Why do you think monks followed such strict rules? They followed strict rules in order to hone their mind and spirit. Not to mention self discipline.

2. a. What is Charlemagne famous for? He is famous for conquering a mass of lands, built schools all over the nation, and he gathered scholars and philosophers into the country who still effect our world today. b. What do you think Charlemagne’s greatest accomplishment was? Why? He is mostly famous for capturing all the lands under the banner of his own new kingdom, the Franks. They conquered a porportion of the land that the roman emperor once held. 3. a. What areas of Europe did the Vikings raid? viking raids were mostly common in the western direction. b. Why were people in Europe so frightened of Viking raids? They were very afraid of viking raids because their ship could sail up river. Which allowed them to take the ship more into the island/land.

April 14, 2009 submitsurrender, obey, sincere, peace Allah---the Islamic god. prophet---those who carry on the message of god Day of Judgment---the day when they decide if you shall be reincarnated. Will go to either heaven or hell

Islam=peace one god+One belief+one prophet====peace within yourself

actions in Islam ---the five pillars---

April 2, 2009 1. Baghdad, Iraq---where contributions flourished 2. Abba Sid---Abba Sid dynasty. Built Baghdad. 3. algebra---built by the Islams/during the golden age/decimal fraction 4. crusades---(holy war) an attempt by christians to colony/kill Islamic faith 5. Jerusalem---the holy city where Jesus was crucified, holds the great Dome of the Rock and the Great Temple is. extra---Islams performed the first dissection

I was not surprised of the fact that there was over 141million Muslims living in that area. And how many there are in total in Asia compared to the other continents. 

2. Which areas/countries of the world are you surprised have a large Muslim population?
I could not believe that the state where I was from, North Carolina, held as much as 13, 537 Muslims! Since I did not see a lot of Muslims there anyway.

3. Which country has the highest Muslim population? Why do you think this country has the highest population?
Indonesia has the highest population of Muslims. I think that they have this much since this area did not have a religeon at that time.

4. Why do you think Islam is spread out so much?
I think Islam mostly spread through the conquests that Muhammad made during the early ages and so forth. Since they tried to convert the cities that the Muslim nations invaded.

vocabulary 1. idol worshipers -- people who worshiped idols. Muhammad preached against idol worshiping. 2. Quaryish -- a clan of tribe who decided to kill Muhammad 3. hejira -- Muhammad leaves Mecca. The journey to Medina that Muhammad took. 4. uma -- a community made by Muhammad in Medina 5. Medina -- city of the prophet 6. Battle of Badur -- a battle in 624AD. Muhammad VS. Quaryish. Captured Medina in 630AD. 7. Muhammad -- offered them freedom to those who lost the battle of Badur. 632AD the prophet dies of fever 8. ramadan -- do not eat while the sun is out to learn how it feel like to be the poor 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Extra stuff -- Muslim controls all of Arabian puninsula. Extra stuff -- charity, they give what they can Extra stuff --

Islam photo gallery.

In what way are the muslims in the photo gallery differant? They are differant by their skin color, their looks, and their clothes.

What do ou account for these differances? Because they are from all around the world on differant continents and countries.

Byzantine & Islam notes
 * splits into two (330CE)
 * Christianity becomes official religion
 * (1453 CE)=Byzantine fall
 * built by Constantine who split the empire
 * split because political, barbarian, inflation, etc. reasons
 * Byzantine=easy to trade & defend
 * Constantinople thrives while Rome dies
 * the original Rome threatens to destroy them with them
 * good location, trade, wealth, political organization, powerful military, religion checks/balances
 * taxed traders
 * comes form taxes
 * emperor -- head of empire
 * emperor controlled taxes, head of church, and etc.
 * eastern orthodox church
 * checks and balance--law, creates balance among the government
 * three groups
 * strongest military in Europe
 * The navy---Greek fire---fire that couldn't be taken out by water
 * thought to be oil, petroleom. etc.