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100
Tacitus, Germannia
Critiquing the Roman society by painting the Germanic tribes more advanced than they are. -
313
Edict of Milan
prohibited persecution of Christians, making it an official religion -
325
First Council of Nicaea
settled disputes about the Christian faith -
410
Sack of Rome
by Alaric I, leader of the Visigoths -
420
Theodosius II builds a wall aroung Constantinople
and declares it the center of the new Eastern Roman Empire -
Period: 450 to Dec 25, 752
Merovingian Dynasty
Started with Clovis I uniting the people under his control. -
500
Salic Law
Frankish law code created by Clovis I, meant to stop the violence. -
509
Clovis I
is crowned -
527
Justinian I
becomes Emperor -
532
Nika Revolt
The Blues vs. The Greens. Revolt in Constantinople against Justinian I, half the city was burned or destroyed -
550
Start of Anglo-Saxon Invasion
They were hired by the Romans to guard the English people agaist the vikings. -
594
Gregory of Tours, History of Franks
History, language, religion and social customs of the Franks written down by a bishop who excused a lot of Clovis' misdeeds for the sake of him being Christian. -
Dec 24, 622
Muhammed leaves Mecca for Medina
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Dec 24, 624
Muhammed conqueres Mecca
because of a religious discord, introducing the idea of sin remission. -
Dec 24, 661
Ali is murdered
creating Sunni/Shia split -
Period: Dec 24, 661 to Dec 25, 750
Umayyad Empire
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Dec 24, 732
The Battle of Tours and Charles Martel
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Period: Dec 24, 750 to Dec 25, 1258
Abbasid Empire
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Dec 24, 751
Pepin the Short
was crowned -
Period: Dec 24, 754 to Dec 25, 814
Carolingian Dynasty
Followed the Merovingian Dynasty, when Pepin the Short was crowned. -
Dec 24, 800
Charlemagne is crowned by the Pope
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Dec 24, 871
Alfred the Great
was crowned. Successfully fought the vikings, reorganized the military, improved legal system. -
Period: Dec 24, 871 to Dec 25, 1066
The House of Wessex
Ruled the Unified kingdom of England -
Period: Dec 24, 900 to Dec 25, 1307
Seljuk Dynasty
Established Seljuk Empire and were targeted in the First&Second Crusades. Took Jerusalem in 1073. Brought Persian influence to the Empire. -
Dec 24, 1000
Beowulf
Fusion of Thor and Jesus -
Dec 24, 1066
Norman Conquest of England
led by William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy. Conquered England and spent the rest of his life trying to secure his hold of it. -
Dec 24, 1070
The Bayeaux Tapestry
70 meters long peace of cloth depicting The Norman Conquest of England -
Dec 24, 1095
Pope Urban's speech at the Council of Clermont
calling the First Crusade. -
Dec 24, 1099
Christians take over Jerusalem in the First Crusade
slaughtering 70,000 Muslims in the process -
Period: Dec 24, 1189 to Dec 25, 1192
Third Crusade
Successful, captured Acre and Jaffa, but not Jerusalem. -
Period: Dec 24, 1202 to Dec 25, 1204
Fourth Crusade
finalized the Great Schism, turning point in the Decline of Byzantine Empire -
Dec 24, 1212
Children's Crusade
said to have had only children in army. Failed. -
Period: Dec 24, 1213 to Dec 25, 1221
Fifth Crusade
unsuccessful -
Dec 24, 1220
Prose Edda
Norse mythology written by Snorri Sturluson in Iceland. -
Period: Dec 24, 1228 to Dec 25, 1229
Sixth Crusade
Mostly diplomatic maneuvering by the Holy Roman Emperor, Frederik II -
Dec 24, 1270
Eighth Crusade
Attack on the city of Tunis by Louis IX. Failed when the king died right after arriving in Tunis. -
Period: Dec 24, 1271 to Dec 25, 1272
Ninth Crusade
Highly unsuccessful, put an end to the Crusades -
Dec 24, 1300
Population Growth
occurred in Europe after ice age, booming in High Middle Ages -
Dec 24, 1325
Ibn Batutta set to Mecca
on his pilgrimage -
Dec 24, 1453
Ottoman's Empire Takes Constantinople
53-day long siege laid by Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II -
Dome of the Rock
is built in Jerusalem -
The Venerable Bead's writing
by Richard Condon