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Medieval and Renaissance Time Period
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The Fall of Western Roman Empire
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The fall of the Roman Empire. Rome had ruled much of Europe. Now much of the land would fall into confusion as local kings and rulers tried to grab power. This is the start of the Dark Ages or the Middle Ages.
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Clovis becomes King of the Franks. Clovis united most of the Frankish tribes that were part of Roman Province of Gaul.
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Timeline. The Middle Ages, or Medieval Times, in Europe was a long period of history from 500 AD to 1500 AD. That's 1000 years! ... Great leaders such as Joan of Arc and Charlemagne were part of the Middle Ages as well as major events such as the Black Plague and the rise of Islam. -
Anno Domini calendar invented. .
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St Columbus founds Iona.
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- Muhammad, prophet of Islam is born.
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Buddhism becomes state religion of China. ...
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Charles the Hammer and the Battle of Tours
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Battle of Tours. The Franks defeat the Muslims turning back Islam from Europe.
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Charlemagne, King of the Franks, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor. Charlemagne united much of Western Europe and is considered the father of both the French and the German Monarchies.
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- Vikings from the Scandinavian lands (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden) begin to invade northern Europe. They would continue until 1042.
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Alfred the Great, King of England, turns back the Viking invaders.
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William of Normandy, a French Duke, conquers England in the Battle of Hastings. He became King of England and changed the country forever.
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Start of the First Crusade. The Crusades were wars between the Holy Roman Empire and the Muslims over the Holy Land. There would be several Crusades over the next 200 years.
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the period of European history from the fall of the Roman Empire in the West (5th century) to the fall of Constantinople (1453), or, more narrowly, from 1100 to 1453.
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- Richard I, Richard the Lionheart, becomes King of England.
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The Mongol Empire is founded by Genghis Khan.
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King John of England signs the Magna Carta. This document gave the people some rights and said the king was not above the law.
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Marco Polo leaves on his famous journey to explore Asia.
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The Black Death was a devastating global epidemic of bubonic plague that struck Europe and Asia in the mid-1300s. ... People gathered on the docks were met with a horrifying surprise: Most sailors aboard the ships were dead, and those still alive were gravely ill and covered in black boils that oozed blood and pus.
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The period of European history extending from about 500 to 1400–1500 ce is traditionally known as the Middle Ages. The term was first used by 15th-century scholars to designate the period between their own time and the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
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Early Modern Time Period.