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2000 BCE
Sparta and Athens emerge as city-states
They become the most powerful city-states in Greece. -
1100 BCE
People begin settling on Peloponnesus
That allowed city-states to form -
509 BCE
Romans set up a Republic
The small city-state of Rome overthrew the monarchy and created a republican government. -
338 BCE
King Philip the second seizes control of Greece.
Greek culture begins to change -
284 BCE
Division of Roman Empire
When the roman empire split into two, the western roman empire and the holy roman empire -
380
Christianity becomes official religion of Roman Empire
The Roman Emperor allows Christianity to become a religion. -
Jan 28, 814
Charlemagne dies
He was a medieval emperor who ruled much of western Europe. -
Jan 1, 1095
Crusades
Armies of Christians from western Europe responded to Pope Urban the second's plea to go to war against Muslim forces in the Holy Land. -
Jan 1, 1300
Renaissance begins
Europe saw a great revival of interest in the classical learning of ancient Greece and Rome. -
Jan 1, 1453
Hundred Years War ends
A long struggle between England and France over succession to the French throne. -
Jan 1, 1500
Scientific Revolution
Modern science and the scientific method were born in the scientific revolution. -
Jan 1, 1517
Protestant Reformation begins
People started to question the catholic church -
Enlightenment
People started viewing traditional beliefs differently. -
Industrial Revolution
Time when power tools replaced hand tools. Mass production began. -
French Revolution
The French took down the monarchy. -
Napoleon seizes control of France
He starts to take over most over Europe. -
Start of World War 1
When Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assinated by a Serbian nationalist. -
Start of World War 2
When Germany invaded Poland, which led Britain and France to declare war on Hitler's Nazi state. -
European Union formed
The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union -
EU nations adopt the euro
Under the maastricht treaty, all EU member states had to join the euro area.
