Today in class we went over the test and took notes:
- Rise of Christianity
- Jesus spent 3 years teaching
- Killed by Roman leaders
- Followers believe he was the Messiah
- Saul becomes Paul and spreads Jesus' message
- Christianity evolves from cult status to established, official structure
- Monotheistic - Jews and Christians
- Conflicted with Roman beliefs
- Persecution against both was common
- Christianity appealed to the poor
- Some Roman leaders embraced Christianity
- 313 AD: Constantine had a battlefield conversion
- He issues the Edict of Milan
- No more persecution
- Approval of Christianity, eventually making it the official religion of Rome
- The Roman Empire and Christianity are linked in power and influence
- Homework: write notes on page 123
- The greatest change that began among the people was the spread of Christianity.
- The Germanic barbarians of northern Europe became wealthier and more organized.
- From 200 AD they became such a large threat that emperors could only hold them off by building up the army.
- The empire was still strong enough to bring about the last and greatest change in civilization.
- Eventually, the burden of government and the army became too heavy to bear, the barbarian attacks grew too fierce to be resisted, and the empire began to collapse.
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