Student Notes Chapter 17 Notes on Germanic Tribes

Student Notes: Chapter 17 Notes on Germanic Tribes

Ch. 17 – Essential Question v Why did Germanic tribes enter the Roman Empire and why did they battle Rome?

Germanic Life Before the Huns

Germanic Life Before the Huns v The Germanic tribes lived in and around modern Germany, East of the Rhine River and North of the Danube River

Germanic Life Before the Huns Celts Angles Jutes Saxons Ostrogoths Franks Lombards Burgundis Visigoths Vandals

Germanic Life Before the Huns v The Hun invasion from the east pushed the Germans South and West into the Roman Empire.

Germanic Life v The Germanic people worshipped many gods and goddesses. v Our days of the week are largely based on Germanic gods and goddesses

Germanic Life v The Greeks named the days week after the closest celestial objects including the five planets they could identify in the night sky. The Romans, as before, copied this tradition.

Germanic Life v. Sunday was named after the sun v. Monday was named for the moon

Germanic Life v Tuesday was originally named after Mars, god of war v Germanic people renamed it after Tyr (Tiw in Old English), their god of law and justice

Germanic Life v Wednesday was originally named after Mercury, Roman messenger god. v Germanic people renamed it after Woden, their chief god

Germanic Life v Thursday was originally named after Jupiter, chief Roman god. v Germanic people renamed it after Thor, their god of thunder and war

Germanic Life v Friday was originally named after Venus, Roman goddess of love. v Germanic people renamed it after Freya, their goddess of love.

Germanic Life v Saturday was originally named after Saturn, once the chief Roman god before Jupiter. v Germanic people did not rename this day.

Visigoths = Western Ostrogoths Goths= Eastern Germanic Tribes. Goths v A Germanic tribe called the Goths was divided into two groups—one was called the Visigoths, the other, Ostrogoths

Germanic Tribes v Both tribes were attacked by Attila and the Huns and tried to get protection from the Roman Empire

Germanic Tribes v Rome agreed to protect the Goths if they promised loyalty and gave up their weapons.

Germanic Tribes v The Visigoths did not like how the Roman leaders treated them and rebelled against Rome.

Germanic Tribes v After Alaric and the Visigoths left, the Vandals later attacked, looted, and set fire to Rome.

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