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100
Germanic Tribes Tacitus' Germania
Writing used to show the fault in the Roman society by comparing the Romans to the Germans. One of the very few primary source documents written on the Germans. -
313
Early Christian Edict of Milan
Christians must be tolerated -
325
Early Christian Nicaean Creed
What all Christians believed in and was created to remove confusion amongst Christians. -
410
Early Christian The Sacking of Rome by Alaric
Visigoths were angry. This marks the beginning of the end of the Roman Empire. -
Period: 476 to Dec 25, 750
France Merovingian Dynasty
Frankish. Many brothers fought each other to rule. -
481
France Reign of Clovis
First to unite all Frankish Tribes -
500
Byzantine Theodosius
builds wall around Constantinople, establishing it as the center of the new eastern Roman Empire -
511
France The Salic Law
Instead of adhering to Roman laws, kings wrote their own laws to strengthen their authority. -
527
Byzantine Justinian becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire
Was originally of peasant stock but rose to be Emperor. -
532
Byzantine Nika Revolt
Created the Hagia Sophia. It was an attempt to awe barbarians and get them to convert to Christianity. It was later converted into an Islamic mosque -
550
England Anglo-Saxon Invasion
They were trying to escape the barbarians -
550
England House of Wessex
family of Cerdic. Ruled over Wessex -
Period: 573 to 591
France Gregory of Tours as a historian
He was also the son of a Roman senator and a Bishop. He was extremely religious and wrote from an ecclesiastical point of view. Gregory forgave Clovis for many of his crimes because he was a Christian -
Dec 24, 630
Islam Muhammed leaves Mecca for Medina
He goes back to the Holy Land with a large tribe of people. -
Dec 24, 632
Islam Ali is Murdered
People split into Sunni and Shia due to their different beliefs -
Dec 24, 642
Islam Muhammed Conquers Mecca
He tells his forces that whoever fights bravely and well will definitely make it into Paradise after death -
Period: Dec 24, 661 to Dec 25, 750
Islam Umayyad Empire
1st to rule over Arab kingdom. -
Dec 24, 672
England The Venerable Bead
found father of England and of English Stories -
Dec 24, 691
Islam Dome of the Rock
Temple Mount. It is a Muslim Shrine -
Dec 24, 732
France The Battle of Tours
Franks vs Muslims. Led by Charles Martel. Franks win -
Period: Dec 24, 750 to Dec 25, 1258
Islam Abbasid Empire
Islamic and emphasized being a believer not just being Arabic -
Period: Dec 24, 750 to Dec 25, 887
France The Carolingian Dynasty
After each leader died, the dynasty would be equally split amongst the sons. -
Dec 24, 751
France Pepin the Short
father of Charlemagne. Son of Charles Martel. -
Dec 24, 800
France Charlemagne is crowned
Pope Leo the 3rd. Christian -
Period: Dec 24, 950 to Dec 25, 1200
Islam Seljuk Dynasty
Seljuk was more religion based than the Byzantine and Germanic Tribes. -
Dec 24, 980
Germanic Tribes Beowulf
It is a foundation work of poetry writing in Old English. Its date is important because it is one of many reasons it is not entirely true. It also shows that the Anglo-Saxons wrote it and historians today can connect Beowulf to a certain culture -
Dec 24, 1054
Byzantine Schism between Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic
West was Catholic. East was Greek Orthodox. Pope and patriarch excommunicated each other. -
Dec 24, 1066
England The Norman Invasion of England
the Bayeux tapestry depicts this -
Dec 24, 1071
Middle Ages Pope Urban's Speech at Council of Clermont
The Five reasons are: Spiritual reawakening, help others, save Jerusalem, cleaned of sins, and remove restraints ($ and responsibility to family). -
Jul 15, 1097
Middle Ages Christians take Jerusalem in first Crusade
Christians slaughtered 70,000 Muslims. Spared no one -
Period: Dec 24, 1189 to Dec 25, 1192
Middle Ages Third Crusade
Attempt to capture Holy Land from Saladin. -
Dec 24, 1200
Early Christians Prose Edda
A Christian writing about the Pagan mythology. People "lost" the name of God because the people tried to forget about him so they did eventually. Thor is a strong, muscular, angry god. This shows their warlike society and values. -
Period: Dec 24, 1202 to Dec 25, 1204
Middle Ages Fourth crusade
Christians want all of Jerusalem -
Period: Dec 24, 1212 to Dec 25, 1212
Middle Ages Children's Crusade
disaster attempt to expel Muslims -
Period: Dec 24, 1213 to Dec 25, 1221
Middle Ages Fifth Crusade
reacquire holy land and attack Ayyubids -
Period: Dec 24, 1228 to Dec 25, 1229
Middle Ages Sixth Crusade
trying to get Jerusalem... again -
Period: Dec 24, 1271 to Dec 25, 1272
Middle Ages Ninth Crusade
last major crusade -
Dec 24, 1300
Islam Ibn Battuta left on pilgrimage to Mecca
Arab traveler who traveled to many non-Muslim territories. He walked 3,000 miles to Mecca. -
Dec 24, 1453
Middle Ages Ottoman Empire takes Constantinople
led by Sultan Mehmed II -
Alfred the Great
849-899 CE, scholar and also united Wessex as king -
Middle Ages Eighth crusade
France vs Tunis