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It is very humid and hot out today. Today we went over the handout. We only got halfway through. We highlighted the important points. Here are those important points:

• In A.D. 476, a barbarian king took over the rule of Rome
• The process of decline took place in three stages
• Trade was disrupted by barbarian raids and by bands of pirates on Mediterranean sea lanes
• Rome's small industries produced only wine, cheese, and glass
• Overworked soil lost much of it's fertility
• Tribes of northern barbarians called Goths repeatedly overran the legions guarding the Danube frontier
• Roman soldiers fought only for money
• Raised cash rewards to attract recruits
• Recruited barbarians
• Collected a certain amount of tax, if that limit wasn't collected the collector would have to pay it

That is a review of what we did.