-
450
Vikings invade Europe
300-476
Dario -
476
Fall of the Western Roman Empire
Benjamin -
500
Feudal pyramid
Giorgio -
527
Justinian I crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire.
Justinian I expands the Byzantine Empire.
Agata -
529
St. Benedict founds the 1st monastic order in Montecassino
Lorenzo -
568
Lombards invade Italy. Venice is founded.
Tommaso -
570
Muhammad is born
When Muhammad is born in 570 A.D., the Arabian Peninsula is divided into clans and is polytheist. Kabba was already a shrine.
Ciro -
632
Muhammad dies
Islam splits in Shiites and Sunnis.
Augusto -
700
Islamic adaptations and innovations
Between the 7th and 8th century Maslims spread knowledge from Asia to Europe.
Ginevra -
726
Baghdad is founded
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728
Sutri Castle is given to the Pope by the Lombards
The Papal State is forming. -
730
Byzantine Emperor Leo III calls for iconoclasm
Dario -
732
Charles Martel defeats Islamic forces in Poitiers.
Battle of Tours/Poitiers.
Lorenzo -
800
Charlemagne crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire
Augusto -
800
Pope Leo III not happy with Irene and her Byzantine Empire
Pope Leo III not happy with Irene being empress of the Byzantine Empire. He crowns Charlemagne.
Sofia -
900
Village in the Middle Ages
Bea -
950
Town in the Middle Ages
Agata -
1000
Italy is divided in Principalities and Duchies
Due to Lombards’ conquests, Italy is divided in Principalities and Duchies (plus Byzantines and Papal State) 1000 A.D.
Giorgio -
1054
Great Schism
Orthodox Church split from RCC.
Pippi -
1066
Wlliam of Normandy conquers England
Tommaso -
1076
Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV
Sofia -
1088
First university ever in Bologna
Pippi -
1096
First Crusade starts
Called by Pope Urban II.
1096-1099
Emma -
1100
Typical gothic cathedral in the Middle Ages
Ginevra -
1147
Second Crusade
To regain the Christian Kingdom lost to Islamic forces.
1147-1149 -
1170
Thomas Becket quarrels with Henry II and is killed in the Canterbury cathedral
Shauna -
1189
Third Crusade
Muslim regain Jerusalem 1187 A.D.
Third Crusade 1189-1192 A.D. (three kings)
Elisa Mary -
1204
Fourth Crusade
Sack of Constantinople.
1202-1204
Benjamin -
1215
The Magna Carta is signed by King John
Ciro -
1295
The first British parliament is established under Edward I
Elisa Mary -
1347
The plague arrives in Europe
Emma