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Abbas begins killing off all the Umayyad leaders and establishes the Abbasid caliphate in Baghdad, Iraq. -
Once Charlemagne conquered and declared himself king of the Lombard's, the Germanic tribe inhabiting parts of Italy, he had converted many of their people to Christianity. -
Charlemagne is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Leo III and this was important since no person had been crowned Roman Emperor since 476. -
Once the Vikings started to settle in areas like England, Scotland, France, and other places in Europe, they converted to Christianity. There were more powerful Christian rulers because of the many people converting to Christianity. -
Otto I takes his place as Holy Roman Emperor. After the title of Holy Roman Emperor was brought back, it was given to Christian leaders by the pope. -
Religious leaders begin to lead the Crusades in Europe in order to gain control over the holy land. Christianity begins a powerful influence on the people that makes the leaders of these people very religious as well. -
Joan of Arc said that she was told by angels and saints to help lead the French to victory in the Hundred Years' War. She helped defeat England several times but was captured and executed for heresy. -
During the Black Death, religious leaders, priests, and the pope were people whom the common people looked up to in order to get their prayers and messages to God. They were powerful due to the plague. -
The Ottomans besieged and captured the town of Gallipoli, making it the first Ottoman stronghold in Europe and the staging area for Ottoman expansion across the Balkans. -
Victory at Kosovo gives the Ottoman Turks control over Serbia, which becomes a vassal state.