What were some of the pros and cons of the Rise of the Eastern Empire?
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What was the Roman empire called that survived in the east, even when the western Roman Empire collapsed?
The Byzantine Empire
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Explain what led the Germanic tribe, the Goths, to eventually take over Rome in 410?
Section 6. Huns invade from each. Push Germanic tribes into Roman Empire. Romans treat them cruelly. They rebel and eventually kill Eastern Roman Emperor Valens
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Why did Roman citizens loose faith in their leaders?
The Roman Senate was ineffective and Roman Emperors were often corrupt, power-hungry, or cruel, leading to many of them being assassinated
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Explain how the rise of Christianity led to the Empires fall
Section 7
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Besides Rome's size making it difficult to govern, what else made things worse?
Section 5. Ineffective and inconsistent leadership
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What are 3 reasons that governing such a vast territory was challenging for the Roman empire in it's final days?
1. Communicating quickly was next to impossible.
2. Not enough troops to defend the frontiers
3. Not enough money for important things/ too much spent on army
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The labor shortage in Ancient Rome caused a sharp decline in what?
Rome's commercial and agricultural production
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Why did the Western and Eastern Roman empires grow apart?
They failed to work together to fight against outside threats (like barbarian invasions) and often competed for resources (money and political power)
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According to the article, what two things "drained the empire's wealth"
Section 2. Constant wars and overspending
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At the height of the Empire's power, how big was the empire?
It stretched from the Atlantic Ocean all the way to the Euphrates River in the Middle East
