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The middle ages started after the collapse of the western roman empire and merged in to the Rennasiance.
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Charlemagne was a medieval emperor who ruled Western Europe. His mission was to unite Germanic people into 1 kingdom, and to convert his people to christianity.
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During the High Middle Ages, the church became universal, towns gained independence from fuedal rule.
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The Great Schism was the split between the eastern and western Christian churches.
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Western forces responded to the pope's order to go to war with muslims in the Holy Land. The first crusade reached its goal after 4 years.
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Henry the Second was the first king of the Plantagenet family. King Henry was a very powerful king who ruled over almost half of France.
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The second crusade happened when the muslims again threatened to take over the Holy Land.
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The magna carta was a document signed to resolve civil unrest and put an end to the kings abuse of power.
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The wheelbarrow was invented in 100 AD in china by Ko Yu
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During the late middle ages; the bubonic plague broke out & the hundred years war started.
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During the "Hundred years war" a peasant named Joan of Arc lead the French military to relieve the city of Orleans.
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The printing press was invented in 1440 by Johannes Gutenberg.
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Charlemange's legacy is he is the one who established food and made latin the the common language, and created a new handwriting method.
