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Content: EAST HAD MORE WEALTH because of the river gap between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean Sea
Constantine the great's Unification of the Empire
Yellow background, he's holding a castle type thing
gained control of both halves and emerged as Rome's sole ruler
-He moved the capital to Byzantium (a former little Greek fishing village.) and renamed it Constatantinople
- He converted to Christianity and he ended the persecution of Christians
-After his death, the western empire fell into decline again
Factors Leading to Collapse
Political and Social Factors
service in government seen as a burden 
less public interest in the affairs of government
Decreased support for military service (hiring mercenaries)
Factors Leading to Collapse
Economic Factors
-Disrupted trade
-High taxes
-Increasing gap between rich and poor
The enemies of Rome
The two keys enemies of Rome were the
-Huns from central Asia (North East, purple)
-Germanic tribes from Germany and eastern Europe (North, green)
The Huns
Attila the Hun attacked the empire with 100,000 troops. They attacked more than 70 cities. failed to capture Rome or Constantinople. Collapse of Western Rome
Germanic people attacked and looted the city of Rome in 455 CE 
(Rome had a population of one million people.) In 476 CE, a German king forced the last emperor of western Rome from power. (When a German king was all said and done, they only had only 20,000 people left in Rome.) The Eastern Rome Empire became the Byzantine Empire, which lasted until 1453
(He forced them out and the Eastern Roman Empire became the Byzantine Empire which lasted until 1453. Effects of the Collapse
The era following the collapse of Rome (476-1400) is often called "The Dark Ages"
MIDDLE AGES
-Europe was divided into dozens of small kingdoms
-Unlike Rome, these kingdoms had no written rule of law
-Literacy, education, and the production of written works declined 
Complex economic systems - including taxation, trade, and the use of money - deteriorated
No more great construction projects were created. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
27-180 CE The Pax Romana
117 The Roman Empire reached its peak size
284 Emperor Diocletian divided the empire
330 Constantine the Great moved the capital to Byzantium
370 Hun invasions begin
476 The Western Roman Empire fell
REASONS 
Economic problems weakened the empire.