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the fall of rome marks the beginning of the middle ages . in 476 AD emperor, Romulus Augustulus,is deposed by the barbarian general odoacer.This event marks the end of one period,and the beginning of another
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islam started to get bigger and an expandig empire.As you can imagine the christians were not amused about that they had competition
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muslims crossed into france with a mission of expanding their empire and lost , the franks overtriumphed them.
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that was the time when the turks had invaded the byzantine empire .they migrated from central asia into the middle east .they converted to islam in the middle east .
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king henry IV was crowned as king of germany who also became an emperor of the roman empire.during that time gregory VII was the pope.gregory wanted to make the church independent and king henry was not alright with that and banned gregory.Because Gregory was a well admired pope in the very religious time period ,people were not alright with that.
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The christians attacked the muslims and tried to reconquer jerusalem.
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king john was forced by barons/lords to put his royal seal on it(approve it).they were tired of the king's high taxes and military campaigns.the magna carta is a paper that had a big influenze on the english government and laws which later on also was inspiring for the laws and government around the world.
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england and france got into a series of conflicts over the throne and the 100 year old war started
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People from europe are trading goods like spices and herbs with the east
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The black plague broke out in europe.it came to europe through rats that were on the boats with the goods the europeans were trading with the east. Most people back then lost their lifes because of it.
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she was a peasant woman who believed to have been send by god .She ended up leading wars and winning (against england) until she was held captured by the english .they accused her of witchcraft and burnt her by the stake.
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Colubus discovered america and opened a new world for the people of europe.the Native americans living in america suffered because columbus and his people were taking their goods and trying to 'colonize them'.
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The Renaissance period begins in Europe .It marks the end of the Middle Ages.The Renaissance was a term coined by Petrarch which means a rebirth of classical Greek and Roman ideals
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king clovis of the franks converts to christianity and unites kingdoms.He also brought many followers that converted to christianity.
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People received some lessons and possibility in education which opened some doors.the education was rather poor ,jet they had a chance to learn something which is what counts.People had lessons in grammar ,logic and rethoric, religion(bible),geometry,arithmetic,astronomy and music
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clovis , the king of the Fanks conquered the former roman province of gaul which became the kingdom of france
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the son of charles martel became king of the franks. through building an empire in western europe he united the countries there.
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pope leo the 3rd crowned charlemagne on christmas day as a sign of gratitude and makes him emperor of rome
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after charlemagne's death his son louis took over the throne
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duke otto the 1st of saxony became king of germany and later on became an eperor in close relation with the church .Similar like charlmagne.
