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500
The Middle Ages begin
Between A.D. 500 and 1500 -
Nov 2, 700
Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf was written
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Nov 2, 1096
Crusades
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Nov 2, 1200
National epic of Germany was composed
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Nov 2, 1300
Bubonic Plague
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Nov 2, 1300
Upheaval between the feudal system and the Church
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Nov 2, 1500
Middle Ages end
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Charlemagne becomes king of the Franks
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Charlemagne becomes the first emperor of the new Holy Roman Empire
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Charlemagne dies