Middle ages

  • Period: 500 to

    middle ages

  • islam is founded
    Oct 17, 610

    islam is founded

    mohammed founded islam during his time polytheism reigned
  • battle of tours
    Oct 10, 732

    battle of tours

    notably,the frankish troops won the battle without cavalry
  • Carolingian renaissance
    Oct 17, 776

    Carolingian renaissance

    western europe caused problems for the carolingian rulers by severely limiting the number of people capable of serving as court scribes
  • Battle of hastings
    Oct 17, 1066

    Battle of hastings

    established the superiority of the combined arms attack over an army pre dominately composed of infantry
  • The First Crusade
    Oct 14, 1095

    The First Crusade

    significant event in the history of medieval europe.
  • Magna carta
    Jun 15, 1215

    Magna carta

    was the first document forced onto an english king by a group of his subjects.
  • Marco Polo
    Oct 17, 1254

    Marco Polo

    when he was seventeen he and his dad and uncle went on a journey through the holy lands called cathay it took three years.
  • black plague
    Oct 18, 1348

    black plague

    Estemated to kill 30-60 percent of europes population
  • St.benedict

    St.benedict

    Sometimes regarded as the founder of western monasticism
  • Justinians code

    Justinians code

    contained in latin most of the existing imperical constitutiones, back to the time of hadrian
  • vikings discover the new world

    vikings discover the new world

    new land is said to have been first discoverd by bjarn: in ages, during avoyage from iceland to green land