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476
Fall of the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire has been becoming weaker and weaker. Odoacer, a German chieftain finished the last Western Roman Empire .This was known as the fall of the Roman Empire, which occurred in 476. The Eastern Roman changed their name to Byzantine and survived for a few more centuries. The fall of the Roman Empire was marked as the beginning of the medieval ages. -
Oct 14, 1066
The Battle of Hastings
The battle of hasting was fought between William, the Duke of Normandy and Harold Godwinson. They were fighting for the England Throne. It occurred in 14th of October 1066 AD. William won by using a strategic and risky move. -
Dec 25, 1095
The First Crusade
The crusades were a series of war between the Muslim and Christian in Jerusalem. The Muslim took control of Jerusalem in 1070 AD. In 1095 The Pope called the Christian to fight back and regain power, wealth and land. The first crusade occurred in 1099AD -
Jan 1, 1219
The Mongols Invade Afghanistan
The Mongol, being led Genghis Khan, invade Afghanistan in 1219. The Mongols were very destructive. They burned and destroyed. But there they could not eliminate the Afghan resistance. Mongol also invaded Persia, Russia, parts of Eastern Europe and China. The Mongol empire reached its peak at 1280. -
Dec 25, 1250
Humans Arrive in New Zealand
Maori arrived in New Zealand in 1150 AD. First it was only a small group of people or maybe just a family. Then more and more come. It is not known why they went. New Zealand was first called the land of the long white cloud. -
Jul 24, 1347
The Plague Reaches Europe
In 1347 - 1352 AD, a disease spread across three continents, Europe Africa and Asia, known as the Black Death or The Plague. The source of this was from fleas. It killed a third of Europe population and many villages. Many small groups were blamed and hunted down and killed, sometimes by being burnt alive. -
Jul 24, 1440
Invention of the printing press
Printing was invented under the Tang Dynasty in 868AD. It was long after when the first printing press occurred in Europe. -
Jul 24, 1492
Collumbus reaches the americas
The Americas were home to a number of different civilisations. The three largest and most powerful of these civilisations were the Inca, Maya and Aztec empires -
The Feudal System
Feudal system begins in the Frankish Empire under Charlemagne in 800E. The feudal system had four parts. Peasants, 90% of the population, are bound to the owners, Sub-tenants, which are the knights and lesser clergy, Tenants-in-chief, the lords and bishop, and the Monarch, which is at the top of the system. -
The Sui Dynasty
The Sui Dynasty occurred in China from 581AD to 618AD. It was a short Imperial Chinese Empire. After it, the Tang Dynasty replaced it. -
Vikings raid Europe
The Viking, also known as Norse, were known to be very aggressive and destructive. They were also very good farmers, tradesman and navigator. The Viking raided one after another. The first recorded Viking attack was Wessex, England which occurred in 787. The last one occurred in 1066 before the Battle of Hasting.