Answer the following questions.
Q.1 Describe the reasons which resulted in the rise of Feudalism in the Middle Ages.
Answer:
- After the death of Marcus Aurelius, his successors could not rule such a vast empire effectively.
- Barbarians infringed and settled themselves on the outskirts of the Roman Empire. The Roman Emperor decided to divide the vast in size Empire into two parts.
- Famines and plagues. Here’s the Roman Empire. Increase in taxes. Which resulted. In starvation. Deaths. And violence.
- Famines and plagues. Plagues hit the Roman Empire.
- High taxes resulted in starvation, deaths, and violence.
- All this gave the way for this system of Feudalism to be established.
Q. 2 Compare the hierarchy of responsibilities. Between the Knights and Peasants in the Feudal system.
Answer:
1) Knights were supposed to fight for nobles and the king. They were also responsible for the protection of Peasants.
2) Peasants always worked on lands for the nobles and knights who in return offered them Protection.
Q. 3 How was the Byzantine Empire Linked with other parts of the world?
Answer:
The Byzantine Empire was linked with other parts of the world through a very strong agricultural and Trade based economy. Direct commercial contacts were maintained in Constantinople with merchants from Central Asia Russia, Scandinavia, Northern Europe, the Black Sea, and the Mediterranean Sea. Spanish and other Roman-based languages emerged from Latin.
Q. 4 Differentiate between the authority and power of the Pope and the King.
Answer:
1. Power of the Pope.
- The Pope held absolute and unlimited power over the entire church.
- The Church exerted significant influence and control over ordinary people.
- The Pope enjoyed the Supreme Position.
2. Power of the King
- The King commanded absolute power based on God’s will.
- The King owned all the land in the country and made laws.
- The King enjoyed The supreme position as well.
Q.5. What was the Justinian Code? In your opinion why did the emperor Justinian feel the necessity for a unified legal code?
Answer:
Justinian code is one of the notable achievements of the Byzantine Empire. During the reign of Emperor Justinian ( 527 AD to 565 AD), the ancient Roman Laws were collected and organized to form The Justinian Code. The Justinian Code brought.
Source: Class 7 History Book (National Book Foundation, Pakistan)
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