The Decline of Rome and Transformation into Medieval Europe: Contents 1. ... The west Germanic group, centred on the North Sea coast, included Batavians, Frisians, Franks, Alamans, Jutes, Angles, and Saxons. ... Then came the Visigoths who sacked first Athens in 396 and then Rome in 410. ... Rome was again sacked by Genseric a vandal in 455. ... They withdrew later by the persuasion of the Patriarch of Rome, Leo I. ...

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Rome for a period of time was considered the center of civilization for years. ... As life got harder in the West over time taxes got so high that people could no longer bear such burden. ... There were very many causes both immediate and both long-term that led to the fall of Western Rome. In conclusion I would like to mention that there were many things led to the fall of Rome. Many mistakes were made along the path that led to the fall of Western Rome....

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The fall of the Roman Empire The Roman Empire fell because of political weakness, but this was not the only factor involved. ... Rome was considered the center of civilization for years. ... Under the rule of Diocletian and later Constantine, the empire was split into Western and Eastern parts of Rome. ... Rome was slowly falling, the only thing that was still kind of keeping the empire together were the rich nobles who were making money by making the peasants work for them for very little pay but these peasants needed money to feed their families so they worked. ... As life got harder i...

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Europe was one of the weakest forces in the world after the fall of the Roman Empire. ... After the fall of the Roman Empire, barbarians invaded due to a power vacuum. ... Rome adopted a new religion: Christianity. ... They were cheaper but less reliable with no loyalty to Rome. ... Diseases such as polio killed off more than half of their population ("Empire and Development: The Fall of the Roman West"). ...

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In the period following the fall of Rome until year 1400 there were three predominant areas of military power; Western Europe, Middle East, and the Asians. ... In contrast to the West, The Middle Eastern Arabs didn't value human life or a code of honor. ... Genghis Khan was the greatest Mongol leader who united all the tribes buy fighting and getting them to join him and he took over all of Asia and got as far west as Hungry and Poland. ... The East and West began to separate when the West used the first cannon's while the East used gunpowder only to scare their enemy. The Easterners...

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In the beginning, ideas and basic principles are formed mostly in the cities, like Rome. ... Rome was an urban empire and it was ran by the city-states, which had an urban center and the surrounding agricultural territory. ... Rome was a monarchy with a king having control over everything. ... Most urban growth in the Latin West was due to the continuing growth of the trade and manufacturing, which came from ideas brought back from the crusades at the end of the Middle Ages. ... Over time, urbanization was the key factor in unifying Europe and saving itself from the Fall of Rome. ...

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Cameron is quick to point out that the 'process of social polarization occurred in many west European urban communities between the late fifteenth and early seventeenth centuries' (Cameron 57). ... However, those engaged in non-luxury crafts in cities involved in long-distance trade might fall foul of merchant-entrepreneurs. ... For instance Rome had doubled its size by 1600, as successive Popes rebuilt the city as a counter reformation pilgrimage centre. ... This was partially through counter reformation tactics but also through controlling trade with the spanish west indies, Sevill...

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