The Invaders

The physical geography of Ancient Greece promoted and impeded the movement of people, products and ideas in many ways. Some are good, such as being able to trade or having protection. Some are bad, such as not being able to grow crops. The geographical features of Greece did a lot to promote and impede the movement of people, products and ideas. The mountains provided resources that the Ancient Greeks needed, to live. The mountains provided the greeks with gold, iron, coal and essentials to…

who were taking the tribe's land, animals, and resources. The tribe peacefully dealt with the men and let them do their actions. Then the rains began. It began pouring and pouring, it was sent by the gods to get rid of these horrible people. The invaders became flustered and moved to higher grounds. Then the spotted bear, medicine man, and tribe gathered to deal with the rains. They seeked buffalo to stay safe and found one and then a calf and cow as well. They tribes people then proceeded to…

Chapter 13 Txtbk Work RYAN KEI Pg. 357 #2-5 2. The most important event in the unification of the Germanic kingdoms is that they adopting Christianity and Christianity became the official religion of their kindom 3. The three roots of Medieval culture in western europe are the Belief of Roman Catholic church, classical heritage of Rome and the customs of various germanic tribes. 4. The three ways that civilization in western Europe declined after the Roman Empire fell arethe fall of cities,…

invasions, diseases, and natural disasters. The Romas Empire fell because they had untrained soldiers. The soldiers were untrained so that didn’t help the empire defeat invaders. The soldiers were lazy and would they their post. (Document B) When the soldiers would leave their post nobody was watching out for when the invaders would arrive. The soldiers were unprepared for the invasions. The soldiers thought the armor was too heavy so they hardly wore it. (Document B) The armor is useful for…

country, one invader after another…. Macedonians. Sassanians. Arabs. Mongols. Now the Soviets. But we’re like those walls up there. Battered, and nothing pretty to look at, but still standing. Isn’t that the truth, badar?” These words are spoken by the taxi driver who takes Laila, Tariq, and Hakim to the ancient fortress of Shahr-e-Zohak. They provide a sense of Afghanistan’s long history of conflict, as well as its status in regards to the freedom of women. Not only does he provide how invader…

ticking on their supremacy. The Western Roman Empire had countless problems yet only four ones stand out in a significant way. These included pitiful political issues, dreadful economic drawbacks, deathly viruses and diseases, and ruthless foreign invaders. Western Rome was hardly prepared for all of these difficulties and it soon would prove itself by causing the slow painful death for Western Rome. The Political part of Western Rome was far from perfect, and this would soon contribute to the…

The falls of Han China and the Roman Empire during 100 C.E. to 500 C.E. are often compared and contrasted. This is well within good reason, because they are both very similar, yet, each have their differences in a wide variety of ways. Outside invaders, outbreaks of disease, and political struggles (Duiker Spielvogel, Essential World History Pg. 127, 128 & 137, 138) are just a few of the many reasons which aided the tragic demises of both empires. A decline in production also played a key role…

inevitable. When leaders couldn’t control the people of this powerful empire, foreigners then saw this power of the world as an easy target. Also, when the economic system completely collapsed, Rome was an even easier target. Finally, when foreign invaders weakened the military to beat in the Mediterranean world, getting into the empire and sacking the heart of the empire itself wasn’t too hard of a task. All empires lose their strength and dominance for a reason and Rome’s reasons were problems…

protection and a strong leader. “You can see that China’s highest mountains are in the west… The highest peak in the Himalayas- and in the world- is Mount Everest, at 29,035 feet”(Reading A pg. 470). These high mountains were used as a barrier between invaders and themselves. With everyone being isolated in China by mountains, it made it easier for the emperor to take control over the people in China. This led to emperors becoming very strict with who they ruled over. For example, “The emperor…

region's rivers helped develope cities through agriculture. The rivers running through the two regions also helped encourage trade allowing the cities to grow and prosper. Also, the geography of the two regions helped protect the citizens from outside invaders. The fertile land produced by the rivers of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia helped develope the cities through agriculture. In ancient…