Unit 3 The Middle Ages

Unit 8
Lesson 8
Later Barbarian Invasions
Lesson 8 – Later Barbarian Invasions
1. Leif built a log house with walls built with 12 logs lying horizontally on top
of one another. If each log is ¾ feet thick, how high is each wall?
2. Sven most cover a wall in the council house that is 72 3/8 inches wide with
wood panels. If each panel is 5 5/8 inches wide, about how many panels
will he need?
3. A dragon longship is 990 feet long. How many yards long is the ship?
4. Olga cuts 5/6 yard of fabric into 5 equal pieces. How long is each piece of
fabric?
5. A lap around the hippodrome in Constantinople is ¾ mile. How many laps
must the charioteers complete to finish a 6 mile race?
6. Olaf wants to buy a dragon ship that will cost him 1,236 gold coins. He
earns an average of 11 gold coins a day from raiding. How many days
will he have to raid to earn enough coins to purchase the ship?
Generalization: Contact, conflict and conquest often result in
cultural diffusion
Big Idea – Invaders threatened much of Europe in the 700s and
800s
What targets did the Vikings especially like to
raid?
-summarize- what damage did the invasions
cause? Settlements were attacked, fields were
destroyed, towns and monasteries were looted, and
prisoners were sold into slavery.
-make generalizations- why were people in Europe
so frightened of Viking raids? Viking raids were
fast, unpredictable and very fierce
Invasions of Europe by new groups began in the 700s and 800s
- Muslims tried to expand their empire and religions into
Europe – failed to make much progress
- took over Byzantine Empire and some parts of
Eastern Europe
- stopped from taking Central Europe by Vlad
Tepes
- stopped in Western Europe by Charles Martel
The Vikings
Attacks began
around 700
Where did they
come from
Scandinavia -(Denmark, Norway
and Sweden)
favorite targets -monasteries and
churches
1st Raid -- 793 -Lindisfarne Abbey
Fiercest
Warriors -Berserkers
Viking Advantage
- shipbuilding and navigation
Viking Social Structure
Jarls – aristocrats
Karls – freemen
- free-born peasants who owned land
- traders, craftsmen or farm workers
Thralls -- slaves
Areas they
controlled
became the -Danelaw
Viking Religion
- polytheistic
- gods lived in Asgard
- Odin – king of the gods
- Thor – god of thunder, law and order
- Freya – goddess of fertility
- Tiu – god of war
- Loki --
Viking goal
- to join Odin in Valhalla and feast forever
Ragnarok
Where is Viking
Culture today
outside of
Scandinavia?
Does not exist
-- assimilated into the
local population rather
than impose their culture
-- two areas had some
lasting effect
The Rus
band of
hunters from
Scandinavia
862 -- Slavs invited
the Rus to become
their rulers and
protectors
migrated to
lands of the
Slavs
led by
Rurik
first Russian prince
capital Novgorod
capital later moved to Kiev
for better trade
with
Constantinople
Vladimir
made Russia
Christian in
989
followed
Byzantine
Church rather
than Rome
The Normans
Vikings
attacked
France
911 French
king gives
Rollo land in
northern
France
area become
known as
Normandy
The Viking
Age Ends
about the
year 1000
Why?
Europe got
warmer
Vikings
converted to
Christianity
Europeans
learned how
to fight them