MIDDLE AGES

FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE

476

Fall ofthe western Roman Empire

EARLY MIDDLE AGES

Period: 476 to 900

*Fall of Rome, end of the
Western Roman Empire,
And mass migration
*Germanic kingdoms and
high point of the Byzantine
Empire
*Birth and spread of Islam
*Carolingian Empire

HIGH MIDDLE AGES

Period: 1000 to 1200

*Carolingian Empire
*First Crusades
*Romanesque art

LATE MIDDLE AGES

Period: 1300 to 1400

*Development of trade
*Gothic art
*Black Death

FALL OF CONSTANTINOPLE

1453