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It allowed them to form city-states.
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The Romans are able to chose their reps.
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Greek culture starts to change.
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Roman Empire divides into the West Roman Empire and the East Roman Empire.
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The emperor of Rome allows Christianity in his empire.
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They became the two most powerful city-states.
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Charlemagne brought most of Europe together. When he died, Europe became a disorderly group of small kingdoms.
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Armies of Christians from Western Europe responded to Pope Urban the second plea to go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land.
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A period that lasted about 300 years where people had a renewed interest in learning and art.
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Fought between England and France. The war was a series of battles with long periods of peace between.
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The 16th century religious, political, intellectual, and cultural, upheaval that splinter Catholic Europe, setting in place structures and beliefs that would define the continent.
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A concept used to explain the emergence of modern science during the early modern period.
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Cultural and intellectual forces in Western Europe emphasized reason, analysis, and individualism rather then traditional lines of authority. It is important because it helped the world better understand how scientific processes worked.
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Machines started to replace people in the work place. Involved steam power, growth of factories, and mass production.
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France overthrew their monarchy, and Napoleon came up to power.
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He conquered most of Europe.
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WWI is known for the extensive system of trenches, new lethal technologies released, and for the first time, a major war was fought under the sea and in the sky.
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Hitler rose to power and killed anybody who wasn't part of the "superior race."
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12 nations came together to form the EU allowing open borders and the same currency.
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The EU decided to use the Euro as their form of currency.
