Starter quiz
- The Byzantine Empire is also known as the ______ Roman Empire.
- Northern
- Eastern ✓
- Southern
- Western
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- Match the empire to its capital.
- Byzantine Empire⇔Constantinople (Istanbul) ✓
- Abbasid Caliphate⇔Baghdad ✓
- Western Roman Empire⇔Rome ✓
- Umayyad Caliphate⇔Damascus ✓
- Match the empire to its main religion
- Byzantine Empire⇔Eastern Orthodox Christianity ✓
- Abbasid Caliphate⇔Islam ✓
- Western Roman Empire⇔Roman Catholicism ✓
- Umayyad Caliphate⇔Islam ✓
- The head of the Christian church of the Western Roman Empire was the ______.
- 'Pope' ✓
- What were the Anglo-Saxons?
- a group of Celtic tribes who settled in Britain during the Iron Age
- Norse warriors who invaded Britain during the Viking Age
- Germanic tribes who migrated to England from Europe during the Early Middle Ages ✓
- Roman settlers who established colonies in Britain during the Roman Empire
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- The leader of a caliphate is known as a ______.
- caliph ✓
- king
- emperor
- emir
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Exit quiz
- Match the empire of the early 9th century world to its relevant fact.
- Tang Dynasty⇔ruled from China ✓
- Abbasid Caliphate⇔had its capital in Baghdad ✓
- Carolingian Empire⇔covered areas we now call France, Germany and Italy ✓
- Byzantine Empire⇔was centred in Constantinople, which we now call Istanbul ✓
- Umayyad Caliphate⇔covered areas in the Middle East, North Africa and Spain ✓
- Germanic tribes who migrated to England from Europe during the Early Middle Ages are known as the ______.
- Romans
- Anglo-Saxons ✓
- Norse
- Celts
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- Match the early 9th century leader to their empire.
- Charlemagne⇔Carolingian Empire ✓
- Harun al-Rashid⇔Abbasid Caliphate ✓
- Which religion did Charlemagne follow?
- Buddhism
- Islam
- Roman Catholicism, led by the Pope ✓
- Eastern Orthodox Christianity
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- Who sent Charlemagne gifts, including an elephant and an automatic water clock?
- the Byzantines
- King Alfred the Great
- the Pope
- Harun al-Rashid ✓
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- The year 801 CE is in which century?
- 7th century
- 8th century
- 9th century ✓
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Worksheet
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- The major empires of Europe and Asia were: the Tang, the Abbasids, the Carolingians, the Byzantines, the Umayyads.
- In England, the Anglo Saxons were beginning to become one single kingdom.
- In Spain, the Abbasid’s Muslim enemies the Umayyads were seeking to expand north into Charlemagne’s Carolingian Empire.
- Charlemagne and Al-Rashid, caliph of the Abbasids and ruler of Baghdad, both had growing tension with the Byzantines.
- In 801CE, Al-Rashid sent gifts to Charlemagne including an elephant and an automatic water clock.
Common misconception
Europe, the Mediterranean, and Asia in the early 9th century were largely isolated, with minimal contact and influence between these regions.
There was much interaction between the regions during this period with extensive trade networks, such as the Silk Road, connected them and political leaders across these regions often maintained diplomatic relations.
Keywords
Tang - the Tang Dynasty was a powerful empire in ancient China that lasted from 618 to 907 CE
Carolingian - Carolingian refers to a powerful family and empire in Europe during the early Middle Ages
Charlemagne - the Carolingian Empire was ruled by kings from the Carolingian family; the most famous of whom was Charlemagne
Harun al-rashid - Harun al-Rashid was a ruler who lived during the Islamic Golden Age in the Abbasid Caliphate. He was born in 763 CE and ruled as the Abbasid Caliph from 786 until his death in 809 CE.