Tuesday 22 September 2009

Age of Constantine. The-Founding of Constantinople

Constantinople was founded by the Roman emperor Constantine I on the site of an already existing city, Byzantium, settled in the early days of Greek colonial expansion, probably around 671-662 BC. The site lay astride the land route from Europe to Asia and the seaway from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean, and had in the Golden Horn an excellent and spacious harbour.

The Roman Empire grew to enormous proportions. It was huge! It covered most of Europe, most of North Africa, and some of Asia. That created problems.

One problem was that it was getting difficult to manage the empire effectively. Rome seemed very far away to the people in the provinces.The Empire was divided :

  • The Western Roman Empire (Europe/North Africa) included the city of Rome.
  • The Eastern Roman Empire (Turkey/parts of Asia) included the city of Byzantium
TAREA: Busca información sobre la Fundación de Constantinopla, donde se localizó y que es lo más destacable en la antiguedad sobre esta ciudad

Friday 18 September 2009

Huns



After precipitating the invasions of the Germanic tribes in the fourth century, the central Asian Huns, under their ruler Attila, also invaded the Roman Empire and conquered much of central and eastern Europe. In 451 - 452, they invaded Gaul and Italy, but these territories were successfully defended by a coalition of Roman and Germanic troops. The Huns were defeated at Châlons in 451 and soon after the death of Attila in 453, the Hunnic Empire fell apart. Other Asian nomadic peoples who entered Europe were the Avars in the sixth century, the Bulgars in the sixth and seventh centuries, and the Magyars in the ninth century. The Magyars settled in the
Danubian plain and their descendants still inhabit modern Hungary.

Thursday 17 September 2009

Repaso



Vamos a repasar algunos aspectos de la Historia de Roma, debes colocar fechas y datos usando el paint de tu ordenador

Monday 14 September 2009

Welcome to Bilingual Project 2009-10

We begin a new academic year 2009-10. We should work very hard in 2 ESO. We have to inject enthusiasm into the task every days. Throughout all year we will go from Rome to Baroque Europe, But also we will learn about the current world.

UNIT 1 EARLY MIDDLE AGES

UNIT 2 FEUDAL SOCIETY

UNIT 3 MEDIEVAL CITIES

UNIT 4 ROMANESQUE AND GOTHIC

UNIT 5 AL-ANDALUS

UNIT 6 THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOMS

UNIT 7 DISCOVERIES

UNIT 8 POLITICAL ECONOMIC CHANGES

UNIT 9 RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

UNIT 10 THE SPANISH EMPIRE

UNIT 11 BAROQUE

UNIT 12 WORLD POPULATION

UNIT 13 SOCIETY AND DIVERSITY

UNIT 14 RURAL AND URBAN HABITATS

UNIT 15 EUROPEAN CITIES