Chapter 7: Late Antiquity and the Emergance of the Medieval World - Chapter 10 the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power
By TylerLS
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The Vandals sack Rome for breaking the treaty between Rome and Gaiseric, the leader of the Vandals.
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Over the course of the fifth and sixth centuries, the Western Roman Empire was replaced politically by a series of kingdoms ruled by Germanic kings.
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Hagia Sopia is completed by a Grek architect who departed radically from the simple flat-roofed basilica of Western architcture.
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Muhammad dies at the age of 62 in the year of 632.
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The Muslims invade Spain after sweeping across North Africa. After fifteen years Spain was converted to a Muslim state.
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Charels Martel defeats a Muslim army making a foray into southern France at the battle of Tours near Poitiers, causing the Muslim expansion to halt.
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Pepin is crowned the king of the Franks.
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The first attempt to recover the holy land was orginized by three bands of noble warriors. They massacered the Holy city in June and July, killing many men, women, and children.
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Eleanor of Aquitaine was heiress to the duchy of Aquitaine in southwestern France.
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A Crusade organized by Saint Bernard of Clairvaux who managed ot enlist two powerful rulers, King Louis VII and Emperor Conrad III. The Second Crusade was a total failure.
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Portugal was consolidated from nothern Spain durring the reconquest of the christians.
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This powerful medieval queen was responsible for the defeate of Henry II when he tried to incite an uprising in France and many other great feats.
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The Third Crusade was a reaction to the fall of the HOly City of Jerusalem to the Muslim forces under Saladin.
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Diverted ot Constantinople, the crusaders of the Fourth Crusade's purpose was to sack the capital city of the Byzantine Empire.
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The Fifth Crusade marked an end to papal leadership of the western crusaders.
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Led by the two twelve-year-olds Nicholas and Stephen, the Childrens Crusade was an attempt to recover Jerusalam from the Muslims.
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At Runnymede King John was forced to assent ot Mgna Carta, the great charter of feudal liberies.
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The Sixth Crusade was when Frederick II occupied Jerusalem. This Crusade came to an end when a group of Turks allied with Egypt atacked.
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Resulting from the eight major Crusades the Christians lost their last foothold in Acre, loosing the remaining Christian possessions in the Middle East.
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Diocletian and Constantine take over rule from the emperor Numerian when he was mysteriously murdered by his prefect.
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The Byzantine empire is defeated by the Bulgars in the Balkans.
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OUtraged at the Romans' behavior the Visigoths revolted against an army of 40,000 soldiers and killed of the emperor and two-thirds of the Roman army.
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The Roman Empire divides under pressure from the Visigoths demands of 5,000 pounds of gold and 30,000 pounds of silver.
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Hugh Capet count of Orleans and Paris is chosen as the king of the Franks.
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The treaty of Verdun divides the Carolingian Empire.
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Pope Leo crowns Charlemagne's head and proclaims him emperor of the Romans.
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Otto I defeats the Magyars at the battle of Lechfeld and encouraged an ongoing program of Christianization of both the Slavic and Scandinavian peoples.
