Humanities Exam notes Fall of Rome

o Roman started to lose control of lands from the early fifth century onwardso Germanic tribes from northern Europe gradually settled in areas that Romans no longer

had the military and economic strength to hold ontoo By 800 CE, the Roman Empire that leaders in Romeo controlled became separate states

each fought over, conquered and controlled by different groups including: Franks and Burgundians in Gaul (France) and Germany Ostrogoths and later the Lombards in Italy Angles, Jutes and Saxon in Britain Visigoths and later Arabs in Spain Vikings in Normandy (northern France) and in Britain

Dark ageso Term used to emphasize the destruction, social upheaval and lawlessness that were part

of the time in which there was no Rome emperor in the west Feudalism/feudal system

o A system used in Medieval Europe for organising land use and for controlling peopleo