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The fall of the Roman Empire
Rome was invaded multiple times by different groups or tribes. Some say the reason that the roman empire fell was because of the loss of the military. While rome was under attack from the outside they were also having problems on the inside,they struggled with financial problems.
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Period: 500 to 1500
The Middle Ages
The middle ages were the time between the fall of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Renaissance. The middle ages,also called the medieval period, included the Black Plague and the Hundred Years’ War. the middle ages consisted of castles, churches, crusades and cathedrals.
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Period: 1095 to 1289
Crusades
The crusades was a war that was fought between christians and muslims. The christians and muslims were fighting because they wanted to claim the holy land in jerusalem. There were a total of 5 crusades.
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Period: 1300 to
The renaissance
Renaissance is the french word for rebirth.they use the word rebirth because europe was being reborn after coming out of the middle ages.Education,art and music were some of the things being reborn in europe
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Period: 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
The protestant reformation was a religious revolution that happened in the 16th century. The key people in the Protestant Reformation are Martin Luther, John Calvin, and Henry VIII. Martin Luther was recognized as the most influential figure because he came up with the ninety five theses.
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The age of Enlightenment
The age of enlightenment was when new ideas and reasonings came about.the age of enlightenment mostly took place in Europe but later moved to North America. Some Key people of the enlightenment are Francis Bacon(the Scientific Revolution) and Isaac Newton(Law of gravity and laws of motion)
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Industrial revolution
Before the industrial revolution everything was about farming and manufacturing tools and things were made in people's home. The industrial revolution began in britain and during this revolution a machine was made called “the spinning jenny”, this allowed people to make multiple threads at once. Once industrialization moved out of britain the US took over and became the world's leading industrial nation
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The French Revolution
The French revolution was when the French people overthrew their monarchy. They also took control of their Government it lasted 10 year. It started because revoutionary people invaded the Bastille prison. -
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World War 1
World War 1 or started after Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated.There were the central powers(Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) against the allies(Britain, France, Russia, and Italy)and in 1917 the U.S. joined, the allies took the victory. WW1 is also a special war because for the first time there were new weapons and vehicles(like artillery and tanks). The first time a tank was used was in the Battle of the Somme it was the largest battle of WW1.
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World War 2
WW2 started because Hitler decided that he wanted invade poland and then later, France and Britain declared war on Germany. Many say that WW2 was the most deadliest war in history. WW2 is the only war that involved almost every part of the world.
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The cold war
Joseph Stalin was one of the main reason why the cold war happened because of his blood-thirsty ways. The United States and the Soviet Union fought together as allies in WW2. Some people belived that no single party was to blame for the cold war -
NATO/Warsaw pact
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Fall of the Berlin wall
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Collapse of the Soviet Union
The Soviet Union collapsed after the leader Mikhail Gorbachev resigned. The soviety union split into 15 different countries.
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Creation of the European Union
The European Union was created by a treaty called the Maastricht Treaty. It was made to integrate Europe and at the end of World War 2 the western european countries come closer economically, socially and, politically.
- www.britannica.com/topic/European-Union.
