Objectives

Students will:

1. Discuss the development of the early Byzantine empire.
2. Explain the effects of the Muslim conquests on the Byzantine empire.
3. Explain the rise of the Franks.
4. Explain the factors that contributed to the success of the Vikings in toppling the Carolingian empire.
5. Compare and contrast the economies of Byzantium and western Europe.
6. Compare and contrast social development in Byzantium and western Europe.
7. Compare and contrast the ways in which popes and patriarchs exercised their political power.
8. Identify the role of monks, monasteries, and missionaries in Christianity.
9. Discuss the factors that led to the schism between the two worlds of Christendom and the paths followed by the two churches.