Middle Ages By pbecker@sfcs.k12.ny.us 500 Fall of Rome Eyewitness account of the fall of RomeWhy did Rome fall? Period: 500 to Dec 3, 1300 Middle Ages Period: 500 to Dec 3, 1260 Byzantine Empire Byzantine empire Period: Dec 3, 622 to Dec 3, 1090 Age of Islam Golden age of Islam Dec 7, 622 Muhammad journeys to Mecca Legacy of Muhammad Period: Dec 7, 622 to Dec 7, 1348 Golden Age of Islam Islam Golden Age Period: Dec 7, 1096 to Dec 7, 1291 Crusades What were the Crusades? Dec 7, 1215 Magna Carta What's the Magna Carta Dec 3, 1348 Black Death What was the "Black Death"?