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A Barbarian named Odoacer took control of Rome. He became king of Italy and forced the last emperor of Rome, Romulus Augustulus, to give up his crown. (ducksters)
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King of Franks, is considered the founding father of the Merovingian Dynasty.
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Charlemagne promotes education of science, geometry, arithmetic, astronomy and music.
Schools are founded in Monasteries. -
Vikings from the Scandinavian lands begin to invade northern Europe.
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The Crusades were wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Muslims over the Holy Land.
The fundation of the university. -
Richard the Lionheart, becomes King of England
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This horrible disease would kill around half of the population
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A new era began; the rebirth of the classical arts, also known as the Renaissance