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    The Dark Ages Notes

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    The Dark Ages 94 Min Part I Sacking of Rome 1. What happens on August 24‚ 410 AD? - The Roman Empire Falls. 2. Why did the Visigoths attack Rome? Power Money 3. TRUE FALSE* ** Desperation/Food Allerak’s attacks were the only reason Rome fell. 4. The Romans hired foreign soldiers to help protect their borders. What term describes such a soldier? Legion *** Visigoth Mercenary 5. The next 7 centuries‚ spanning from the fall of Rome to the first Crusade‚ would be an age of widespread

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    Medicine In The Dark Ages

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    the human body does. The dark ages the time of cultural isolation‚ famie‚ loss of education‚ the pluege‚ and the time where medicine was more of a poison than a cure. Their remedies that they used actually killed people all the time then healing people for example mercury was used as a medicine in the past by the early Greeks and Persians as a elixir and a topical medication that they believed gave immortality and allowed them to walk on water. The people in the dark ages thought that it helped prevent

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    Dark Age of Nursing

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    Different Era in the History of Nursing From Dark Ages to Renaissance (THE MIDDLE AGES)       During the late middle Ages (1000-1500) -the crowding and poor sanitation in the monasteries nurses went into the community. During this era hospitals were built and the number of medical schools increases.       Between 1500 and 1860 (A.D.) -the Renaissance all affected nursing. As nursing was not valued as an intellectual endeavor it lost much of its economic support and social status. The nursing

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    Religion Brought a Light to the Dark Ages The dark ages have been known as a period of decline during the middle ages; however‚ the time is not dark from a religious standpoint. The time is considered dark‚ because of the cultural and economic decline in the Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. The term dark ages became about‚ because of the backward ways of life everyone soon started taking on. The advancements in new practices of living soon came to a halt and old methods soon starting

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    Middle ages and church

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    Everyone in medieval times was expected to go to church‚ and to confess their sins to a priest. If a person was considered to have committed a really serious sin‚ they could be excommunicated‚ that is denied the right to attend church or take communion. People were expected to pay a tenth of their income (a tithe) to the church. Heretical sects (those which did not support Catholic doctrine) would be suppressed. This question seems designed to paint a negative picture of the church. People

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    Dark Age Qualities

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    The qualities of a dark age- Any civilization’s history is filled with it’s ups and downs‚ the qualities that dictate whether the past is looked on with dread or nostalgia‚ usually being the former. There can be good reason for this‚ as the past is undoubtedly filled with tragedy and hardships. The evidence for this is found throughout history‚ from the middle ages‚ to the warfare of the Chinese Kingdoms‚ and even the slow decline of the Roman Empire to name a few. Entire societies would become

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    to consider the Middle Ages the "Dark Ages"‚ for numerous reasons. One of which would be because of the black plague that swept through Europe killing thousands of people and causing great suffering for many people‚ leaving families devistated. Another would be because of the many battles and wars that broke out leaving thousands more dead. The Catholic Church went through many problems in the Medieval times. One reason that the Middle Ages could be considered the "Dark Ages" is because of the the

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    Brittany Barna M. Khan HUM2230 17 June 2014 Continuity and Change from The Dark Ages Through The Enlightenment and Beyond We‚ the human race‚ have always moved forward with the changing times. As we gain knowledge through education and other means we see this reflected in our way of thinking and our culture. These changes are portrayed and preserved through art. Starting back in the dark times of the Medieval period‚ we can see two art forms in particular‚ art and sculpture‚ change as we

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    beneficial for the upcoming Europe society that would continue to inherit other technologies much like the Romans did. In continuation‚ the third chapter is titled “The Not so Dark Ages” which is span of time from 500 A.D. till 900. This portion of the book consists of the authors proving that the Dark Ages was not as dark as it has been previously classified. The Gieses state that the Romans significantly influenced future cultures and peoples with their exquisite political‚ military‚ and construction

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    The Mediaeval period was a very well-known era with many achievements like trade and law codes. It was also known as the Dark Ages‚ because of tragic events like the rising of a disease that killed 1/3 of the European and Central Asian populations known as the Black Death. The Black Death was a huge pandemic that took place from 1346-53 mostly taken place in Europe‚ because it was a lethal virus that killed nearly one third of the European population of 25 million people and there was really no knowledge

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