2. FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO PARIS

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2. FROM CONSTANTINOPLE TO PARIS 2.1 When does the Early Modern begin? Before answering that, we must remember that historians divide History into different stages: Stage Prehistory (2.5 mill BC–3000 BC) Ancient Age (3000 BC–476 BC) Middle Ages (476–1453) Early Modern Age (1453–1789) Modern Age (1789–Present) In ancient times, the great Roman Empire was divided into two parts: the Western Roman Empire (capital: Rome) and the Eastern Roman Empire (capital: Byzantium or Constantinople). Although the Western Roman Empire fell in 476 BC, the Eastern Roman Empire lasted a thousand more years. This part of the empire is also known as the Byzantine Empire, which fought against Islam for centuries. It slowly lost territory and was finally conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1453. If the fall of the Eastern end of the Ancient Age, the fall of Constantinople meant the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of a new phase, the Early Modern Age. Important changes of the Early Modern Age: 1) Three-field system or crop rotation In the Middle Ages, this system already existed in many European territories; however, it evolved and improved the harvest. What did it consist of...