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The Crusades were a series of wars fought in what is now the Middle East. The Crusades were fought over several centuries.
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he Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 pitting the House of Plantagenet, rulers of the Kingdom of England,
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he Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, resulting in the deaths of an estimated 75 to 200 million people
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The Ming dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China for 276 years (1368–1644) following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan .
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At Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, Joan of Arc, the peasant girl who became the savior of France, is burned at the stake for heresy
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The First Voyage of Christopher Columbus: Having convinced the King and Queen of Spain to finance his voyage, Christopher Columbus departed mainland .
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Like Columbus, Vespucci traveled to the New World (first in 1499 and ... a feminine Latinized of Amerigo to name the new continents “America.
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he posted a list of 95 propositions on the church door in Wittenberg. In his day, this was the means of inviting scholars to debate important issues. No one took up Luther's challenge to debate at that time, but once news of his proposals became known, many began to discuss the issue Luther raised that salvation was by faith in Christ's work alone.
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The Anglican church was spread worldwide first by English colonization and then by ... Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries and abbeys in 1536.
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Philip II wanted to "Castilise" Spain and all the most important government positions went to Castilians. Philip had his advisors but he ruled as an absolute ruler .
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Peter the Great was a skillful diplomat who abolished Russia's ... Under Peter's rule, Russia became a great European nation.
