ANTHRO 41A Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Córdoba, Andalusia

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: ANTHRO 41A
• Professor: Tom Douglas

Document Summary

In 313 a. d. , constantine becomes the new emperor of rome. he changes the state religion to christianity (edict of milan) He built a second capital at byzantium which he then renames as constantinople; rome now has 2 capital cities. In 476 a. d. , the western half of the roman empire falls hen rome is taken by german invaders. Eastern half survives for many more centuries, also known as . In the year 1000 a. d. , the two wealthiest and most populous cities in western europe were cordoba, spain, and palermo, sicily. During the ming dynasty, chinese trade and economy flourished. The first major chinese dynasty was founded by emperor qin in 221 b. c.