Check Your Understanding Questions

Check Your Understanding Questions

1 .
What relationship did Germanic peoples have with the Roman state?
2 .
Why was Constantinople an ideal location for a new Roman capital city?
3 .
Did Rome really “fall” in the fifth century CE? Why or why not?
4 .
What made the period of Late Antiquity different from that of the ancient world?
5 .
What similarities did Aksum and Himyar share in Late Antiquity?
6 .
What characteristics made Aksum and Himyar powerful states in East Africa and Arabia, respectively?
7 .
What were the clearest influences on the development and decline of the Kushan Empire?