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510
Clovis
Clovis established a powerful Frankish Kingdom that stretched from the Pyrenees in the southwest to German lands in the east. -
527
Emperor Justinian
Was determined to restablish the Roman Empire in the Mediterranean world. His most important contribution was his codification of Roman Law -
Jan 1, 622
Prohpet Muhammad
The year his journey back to Maddinah occured. This is when he became a political and spiritual leader. -
Jan 1, 622
Hijrah
The name of the journey Muhammad and his followers went on when they left Makkah to Madinah. -
Jan 1, 632
Abu Bakr
Muhammad's closest followers chose Abu Bakr to be his successsor because the prophet didn't leave one. Under Abu's leadership, the Islamic movement began to grow. Under this rule, Arabs had conquered the entire Persian Empire by 650. -
Sep 14, 636
Byzantine Empire
Islamic forces defeated an army of the Eastern Roman empire at Yarmu. Problems arose along the northern frontier as well especially in the Balkans. -
Jan 1, 661
Umayyads
Mu'awiyah became the caliph. Made office of caliph, called caliphate, hereditary in his own family. In making the caliphate, he created the Umayyad dynasty. Moved the capital to Damascus, Syria. -
Jan 1, 750
Abbasid
Abu al-Abbas overthrew the Umayyad dynasty and set up the Abbsaid dynasty that lasted until 1258. -
Jan 1, 762
Abbasid
Abbasids built a bew capital city in Baghdad. The new capital was well places because it was by the caravan route from the Meduteranean Sea to central Asia. -
Sep 14, 762
Damascus
Center of the Muslim World -
Jan 1, 1055
Seljuk Turks
The Fatimid dynasty became the center of Islamic civilization. They created a strong army by hiring non-native, the Seljuk Turks, to fight for them. 1055 a Turkish leader captured Baghdad and held the real miliatary and political power of the state. -
Sep 14, 1055
Baghdad
Center of the Muslim World. -
Sep 14, 1066
William of Normandy
Willam of Normandy landed on the coast of England and defeated King Harold and his soldiers at the Battle of Hastings.William was the king of England. He began combinging Anglo- Saxon and Norman institutions to create a new England. -
Oct 14, 1066
Battle of Hastings
An army of heavily armed knights under WIlliam of Normandy landed on the coast of England and defeated King Harold and his soilders. William was then crowned king of England. -
Sep 18, 1099
Crusades
European Christians carried out a series of military expeditions known as the Crusades. The push for the Crusades came when the Byzantine emperor Alexius I asked the Europeans for help asgainst the Seljuk Turks, who were Muslims. The First Crusade was the only successful one. The crusaders captured Jerusalem. -
Jun 1, 1215
Magnqa Carta
The people of the land didn't like what King John was doing to England with his increased taxes and they didn't like that he lost all of his land in Northern France.
1. Kings has to obey the law
2. The can can be removed from power if he doesn't obey the law
3. Must consult nobles before raising taxes
4. Cannot take peoples private property
5. Leave Church matters to the Pope
6. Due process of law
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Sep 14, 1215
King John
At Runnymede John was forced to put his seal on a document of rights called the Magna Carta, or the Great Charter. -
Jan 1, 1258
Mongols in the Middle East
Under the leadership of Hulegu, they seized Persuia and Mesopotamia. Over time the Mongol rulers converted to Islam and intermarried with local people. -
Jan 1, 1347
Black Death
The Bubanic Plague was the most common form of Black Death. This spread by black rats infested with fleas carruing deadly bacterium. The path of Black Death usuallay followed trade routes. The death of so many people led to an econmonic consequences. -
Sep 18, 1480
Spanish Inquisition
It was intended to maintain Catholic orthodoxy in their kingdoms, and to replace the Medieval Inquisition which was under Papal control. It became the most substantive of the three different manifestations of the wider Christian Inquisition along with the Roman Inquisition and Portuguese Inquisition. -
Pope Urban II
The Pope that was known for starting the first crusades -
Holy Roman Empire
The best-known Saxon king of Germany was Otto I. In return for protecting the pope, Otto I was crown=ned emperor of the Romans. Frederick I considered Italy the center of a "holy empire" hence the name Holy Roman Empire. Frederick's attempt to conquer northern Italy was opposed by the pope and the cities of northern Italy, which were unwilling to become his subjects.. -
Roman Empire
Charlamange was crowned the Emperor of the Roman Empire by the Pope. The crowning of Charlamange symbolized the coming together of Roman, Christian, and Germanic elements. -
Golden Age of Islamic Society
In the Abbasid dynasty Harun al-Rashid was the caliph and he was known for his charity. This was the time of growing prosperity, conquering many rich provinces of the Roman EMpire, and controlling trade routes. -
Cairo
center of the Muslim World. -
Charlemange
Charles the Great was the ruler of he Frankish Kingdon. He expanded the territory of the Frankish Kingdoom and created what was called the Carolingian Empire. Charlemange was "crowned" emperor by the Pope. His rule symbolized the coming together of Roman, Christian, and Germanic elements. -
Feudalism
The death of Charlamange let the Carolingian Empire to fall apart. Rulers founnd it more difficult to defend their subjects from the Vikings. This is when people began to turn to local landed nobles to protect them. Feudalism was the new political and social system.
