Europe

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  • Period: 400 to 600

    Germanic tribes

    The Western Roman Empire broke up into a small number of kingdoms: Franks, Visigoths, Suevi, Ostrogoths, Lombards, Angles and the Saxons.
  • The Fall of Rome
    476

    The Fall of Rome

    The Western Roman Empire ended when a Germanic chieftain, Odoacer, deposed the last western emperor, named Romulus Augustulus. It is the beginning of the Middle Ages
  • 732

    The Battle de Poitiers

    A battle where Charles Martel led the army that defeated the Muslims
  • 800

    The Charlemagne is named emperor (beginning of the Carolingian Empire)

    The Pope crowded Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor
  • 843

    Treaty of Verdun (end of the Carolingian Empire)

    The Treaty of Verdun was a treaty that divided the empire into three parts which were ruled by Charlemagne's grandsons
  • Period: 900 to 1200

    Feudalism

    Feudalism ws the main politicial, social and economic system in Europe
  • Period: 1337 to 1453

    Hundred Years’ War

    It was a long series of wars between France and England, because the King of England held land in France and claimed a right to the French throne.
  • Period: 1348 to 1352

    The Black Death

    Was a terrible bacterial disease that spread through Europe and killed around 25 million people
  • Discovery of Ámerica
    1492

    Discovery of Ámerica

    Cristobal Colón discovers a new continent: Ámerica.
    These event marks the end of Middle Ages