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418 to 1580
Ag e' s
711-1492
Moors rule 5pain.
lit
418
a
5t. Patrick introdutes
kingdom in Spain.
Christianity to lreland.
Visigoths start
Htil,['r**:,tlrope
During the Middle Agies or medieval era, many
Europeans were poor, uneducated, and violent'
tribes
!! Early in the Middle Ages, barbarian
settl-ed in Western Europe and established
their own kingdoms.
as civilized as
! Barbarian kings, wanting to be
the Romans, became Roman Catholic'
!
749
432
One Frankish king, Charlemagne, conquered
much of Western EuroPe.
Vikings' first raid strikes
Portland, England.
800
Charlemagne
Barbarians in Our Language
barbariarl-a brutal
or uncultured Person
f ran
k-sfra
ig
htf o rwa r d
slave-person held as
property of another
vandaf
ism-deliberate
destructio n of
P roPertY
From bar bar, an imitation of
how barbarians talked.
From the Franks, who thought
violence was more direct than
laws or diplomacy.
From the Slavs, a tribe that
lost many PeoPle to slaverY
in the Roman EmPire.
From the Vandals, the tribe
that looted Rome in 455.
The table above shows some modern-day words.
def initions, and histories.
Comoare the barbarian invasions on
page 41 with the kingdoms on this map.
Barbarian Kingdorns
41A-644
432 St. Patrick brings
Christianity to lreland.
Lombards conquer
Ostrogoths and start
ffi
[_-l
'
their own kingdom.
Barbarian kingdoms
Byzantine EmPire
Barbarian invasion and
mlgratlon
glavs Barbarian tribe
Avars {orce Slavs
to mrgrate.
Map shows boundaries of 500
o#0t,.'
Franks conquer
northern lands
0
of Visigoths.
418 Visiqoths start the
f irst bar6arian kingdom
461-644 Barbarian
kingdoms become
Roman Catholic.
534 Byzantine EmPire
conquers Vandals.
SAHARA
400
is
crowned " Emperor
of the West. "
800
k ometefs