Feudalism

Feudalism

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  • Period: 400 to

    Feadalism

  • 476

    The fall of the Roman Empire

    The fall of the Roman Empire
    The Visigoths looted, burned, and pillaged their way through the city, leaving a wake of destruction wherever they went.
  • 570

    Muhammad, prophet of Islam is born.

    Muhammad, prophet of Islam is born.
    Muhammad is generally regarded to be the founder of Islam. He is considered, almost universally, by Muslims to have been the last prophet sent by God to mankind to restore Islam.
  • Nov 12, 1212

    Children Crusade

    Children Crusade
    popular religious movement in Europe during the summer of 1212 in which thousands of young people took Crusading vows and set out to recover Jerusalem from the Muslims.
  • Nov 12, 1215

    King John of England signs the Magna Carta. This document gave the people some rights and said the king was not above the law.

    King John of England signs the Magna Carta. This document gave the people some rights and said the king was not above the law.
    The Magna Carta is one of the most important documents in history. It guaranteed the people certain rights, and bound the king to certain laws.
  • Nov 12, 1271

    Marco Polo leaves on his famous journey to explore Asia.

    Marco Polo leaves on his famous journey to explore Asia.
    Venetian merchant and adventurer Marco Polo traveled from Europe to Asia from 1271 to 1295. He wrote Il Milione, known in English as The Travels of Marco Polo.
  • Nov 12, 1337

    The Hundred Years War

    The Hundred Years War
    The Hundred Years War begins between England and France for control of the French throne.
  • Nov 17, 1346

    Battle of Crécy

    Battle of Crécy
    The battle proved that soldiers armed with longbows could defeat knights in armor.This meant that the knights were no longer supreme and for this reason Crécy had been termed the "death knell of feudalism."
  • Nov 12, 1347

    The Black Death begins in Europe. This horrible disease would kill around half of the people in Europe.

    The Black Death begins in Europe. This horrible disease would kill around half of the people in Europe.
    n the early 1330s an outbreak of deadly bubonic plague occurred in China. The bubonic plague mainly affects rodents, but fleas can transmit the disease to people. Once people are infected, they infect others very rapidly.
  • Sep 20, 1350

    Black death ends

    Black death ends
    The disease reached its zenith in the years 1348 to 1350, though the disease never vanished entirely. It is widely believed that the cause of the Black Death was bubonic plague,
  • Nov 12, 1517

    Martin Luther posts his 95 theses.

    Martin Luther posts his 95 theses.
    Martin Luther posts his 95 Theses on the door of Wittenburg Cathedral saying everything that he didnt like about the church.
    http://www.biography.com/people/martin-luther-9389283