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Tacitus was one of the last Classical Roman Historians that depicted the rule of Emperors. He is also considered a primary source. He was signifigant because he compared Germans to Barbarians in his writings
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The Salic Law was an ancient law code created by Clovis. It was created around 500 and contained Germanic Legal Codes. The purpose of the Germanic Legal Codes was to make sure women did not have or reach any type of power
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Anglo Saxons invade Britan
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Moors and Franks fought in war in 762. Charles Martell, general of Franks defeat the Moors. Pepin the Short was king of Franks from 751 to 768. Clovis become King of Franks and had a brutal reign.
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Theodosius builds a wall around Constantinopole, making it the center of the new Byzantine Empire. Justinian becomes Emperor of the Byzantine Empire. A riot then ensues in Constantinopole, which threatened Justinian but he was evantually saved by his wife. The Hagia Sofia was created after these revolts
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Gregory of Tours was a famous bishop and writer that chronicled the history of the Frankish people. Since he was a bishop, he favored and excused the crimes of Franksih kings, such as Clovis in his writings.
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Mecca conquered by Muslims led by the prophet Muhammed.
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First great muslim dynasty to rule over Caliphate
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Charlemagne is crowned by the pope
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2nd Muslim dynasty ruling over the Calipahate after Muhammed's death
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Alfred the great united tribes of england and was a great scholar
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Demon named Grendel threatens the Geats. Beowulf defeats Grendel. Grendel's mother wants vegance for her dead son. Beowulf also defeats Grendel's mom. Several years later, Beowulf is the leader of the Geats and finds out there is a dragon hiding gold. Beowulf defeats the dragon but in doing so dies himself. Beowulf sacrifices himself in order to defeat the dragon and give the Geats the dragon's riches
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Turkish and Musil dynasty that invaded South Asia.
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William the conqueror becomes king and invades England.
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Pope Urban rallies Crusaders to take back Jerusalem against the Muslims
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Christians defeat Muslims in first crusade and conquer Jerusalem. 70,000 muslims are killed.
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Crusaders capture Acre and Jaffa but fail to recapture Jerusalem
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The Prose Edda is a Text on Old Norse Poetics. Written by Norwegian poet Snorri Sturlson. Contains many lines of ancient norse mythology. Snorri Sturlson explains that the reason that they are so many different gods in Norse Mythology is that man has lost the name of god.
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Crusaders conquer Constantinopole
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Crusaders try to conquer Ayyubid and fail.
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Attempt to regain Jerusalem, little fighting
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Crusaders forced to withdraw.