Late Antiquity
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Late Antiquity was the transitional historical period from roughly the 3rd to the 8th century CE, marking the transformation of the Roman world into medieval Europe and the early Byzantine and Islamic civilizations.
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| instanceOf |
historical period
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transitional era → |
| characterizedBy |
Christianization of the Roman Empire
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administrative reforms of the Roman Empire → barbarian migrations → codification of Roman law → continuity of Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire → cultural continuity with classical traditions → decline of Western Roman imperial structures → development of Christian theology → economic restructuring of the Mediterranean world → emergence of Islam → formation of Germanic kingdoms in the West → military crises and invasions → monasticism → religious pluralism in the early centuries → rise of monotheistic religions → ruralization in parts of Western Europe → spread of Christianity → transformation of the Roman world → urban transformation → |
| endTime |
8th century CE
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| followedBy |
Middle Ages
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| follows |
Classical Antiquity
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| hasKeyProcess |
Christianization of Europe
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emergence of distinct Byzantine culture → emergence of early Islamic civilization → formation of medieval European kingdoms → transition from classical to medieval economy → transmission of classical learning through Christian and Byzantine institutions → |
| hasMajorEvent |
Arab conquests of the 7th century
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Council of Nicaea → Crisis of the Third Century → Justinianic Plague → Justinianic reconquests → division of the Roman Empire → fall of the Western Roman Empire → reforms of Diocletian → reign of Constantine the Great → rise of the Umayyad Caliphate → |
| hasMajorRegion |
Anatolia
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Balkans → Byzantine Empire → Eastern Roman Empire → Gaul → Iberian Peninsula → Italian Peninsula → Levant → Near East → North Africa → Sassanian Empire → Western Roman Empire → |
| partOf |
history of Europe
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history of early Islam → history of the Byzantine Empire → history of the Mediterranean → history of the Roman Empire → |
| startTime |
3rd century CE
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| studiedInDiscipline |
Late Antique studies
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classics → history → medieval studies → |