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Chapter 10 Notes
o The emperor Constantine reunited the Roman Empire under his sole role
o In 395 the empire was divided into a western and eastern division
o Both halves came under pressure from the westward migrations of the Germanic peoples fleeing a new invader from Asia, the Huns
o Gaul, Britain, Spain, North Africa all fell to various Germanic peoples in the early 5th century
o Rome itself was attacked by the Visigoths in 410
o The last Roman Empire was attacked or deposed of in 476

Unit I: 8000 B.C.E.-600 C.E.

Africa

8000 BCE 1000 BCE 500 BCE 1 CE 600

__________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________ __________

Political: (e.g. major empires, type of government, political hierarchy, diplomacy, war, military technologies, etc)

Continuities:

-Monarchial governments( centralized rulers that controlled all aspects of urban African life (political, military, economic and religious control)

Changes:

The religious roles of women in buddhism, social, economic

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People of Europe were able to reach sub-Saharan Africa around 1450 when the Portuguese invented the caravel, a ship that should sail into the wind. This ship allowed sailors to sail back up the western coast of Africa and back to Europe.