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During the Fall of the Roman Empire the Germanic leader Odoacer laid siege to Rome. He overthrew the Western Roman Emperor and made himself King of Italy. -
The Early Middle Ages began with the fall of Rome.
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Emperor Kammu, who reigned from 781 to 806, was powerful and active emperor who initiated the Heian period by moving to Heian-kyō.
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They moved to kyoto to escape the influence of the powerful Buddhist monasteries in the previous capitol Nara. -
In 794 the Emperor Kammu moved the imperial capital from Nara to Heian-kyo, now known as Kyoto. This signified the beginning of the Heian period. During this time, many of the foundations of Japan’s development were laid. Japanese society broke away from the strong influences of, and connections with China. Japanese art and culture began to flourish.
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Charlemagne was crowned the "emperor of Romans" by Pope Leo III, restoring the Roman Empire in the West. -
During the High Middle Ages, William the Conqueror led the creation of France, England, and Germany. There was also a war between Christian armies and the Islamic Empire over holy places.
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The Battle of Hastings took place between the Norman Troops commanded by the Duke of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon forces under King Harold Godwinson. -
The Genpei War was a five-year civil war (1180–1185) fought between Japan's two most powerful clans, the Minamoto (Genji) and the Taira (Heike), for control of the imperial court.
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Minamoto no Yoritomo was the founder of Japan's first shogunate, and he established a military government known as the Kamakura Shogunate in 1192.
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During the Late Middle Ages there were Famines and Plagues going around such as the Black death which killed millions of people. The poor also began a revolt against unfair laws, such as the Peasant's Revolt of 1381 in England. This was a period of Civil Unrest.
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The Magna Carta was a special document that was sealed by King John after many negotiations with barons and their French and Scots allies at Surrey and Runnymede. -
The Mongol invasions of Japan were two massive military efforts led by Kublai Khan of the Yuan dynasty in 1274 and 1281 to conquer the Japanese archipelago. Although the Mongol Empire had conquered vast swaths of Eurasia, its ambitions to conquer Japan were ultimately thwarted by a combination of fierce samurai resistance and catastrophic weather conditions.
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The Ashikaga shogunate is also known as the Muromachi shogunate, was a feudal military government that ruled Japan from 1336-1573.
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The printing press was invented by a German goldsmith called Johann Gutenberg. For the first time it made it possible for me, women and children to have access to books. -
In 1534 King Henry VIII became head of the newly founded Church of England. At this time, it was a big shift in power dynamics of Europe, as England's split from Rome was confirmed. -
The Tokugawa shogunate was a military government founded by Tokugawa leyasu that ruled Japan from 1603-1867, a period also known as the Edo Period.