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500
The Middle Age (Medieval Period)
-5th to 15th century
-In Migration Period, Germanic people formed new kingdoms in what remained of the Western Roman Empire.
-A lot of tribes trying to get power -
800
Holy Roman Empire
-800A.D. to 1806 A.D.
-Augus 3, 1943, Columbus discovered America.
-The concept of "translatio emperii" was a fundamental rule from the empire, but the term "Holy Roman Empire" wasn't officially used until the 13th century. -
1054
The Great Schism
-1054 to 1417
-The split of Geek speaking tradition and Latin speaking tradition churches.
-An Italian was elected as a Pope, but the French refused to accept him. Thus, Western Christendom could not decide which one to obey. -
1300
The Renaissance
-1300-1600 AD
-rediscovery of fine arts, classic philosophy, and derived from the concept of Roman Humanity
-Various theories have been proposed to account for its origins and characteristics -
1347
Black Death
-The plague disease was originated in Central Asia by ground rodents carried fleas.
-The devastating pandemic killed 20M people in Europe, 30% to 60% of the continent population. -
1517
The Reformation
-Martin Luther is widely acknowledged to have started the Reformation with the Ninety-five Theses.
-The initial movement within Germany diversified, and other reformers arose independently of Luther. -
1550
The Scientific Revolution
-a series of events marked the emergence of modern science -Galileo made a telescope with increasingly higher magnifying power than any other. The telescope allowed him to be the first to see the craters of the moon and the four moons that orbited Jupiter. -
The Enlightenment
-Galileo determines through his invention of the telescope that the planets revolve around the sun, opposed to the earlier viewpoint that they, including the sun, revolve around earth.
-Adam Smith Publishes "The Wealth of Nations": This said that if markets were kept free from government regulation, the people participating in them would be richer, and to a further extent the government.