Middle Ages By Sara Arroyo Period: 5 to 8 Feudalism Period: 395 to 1453 The Byzantine Empire 476 The Fall of Rome (beginning of the Middle Ages) Period: 527 to 565 Emperor Justinian Period: 549 to 725 The Visigoth Kingdom of Toledo 661 The Umayyad Caliphate 711 The Arrival of Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula (Battle of Guadalete) 712 The Arrival of Muslims in the Iberian Peninsula (Battle of Guadalete) 722 The Battle of Covadonga 756 The Caliphate of Córdoba 800 The Charlemagne is named emperor 843 Treaty of Verdun (end of the Carolingian Empire) 929 The Caliphate of Córdoba Period: 1031 to 1086 The Taifas states Jul 16, 1212 The Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa Period: May 24, 1337 to Oct 19, 1453 Hundred Years’ War Sep 19, 1356 The Battle de Poitiers May 29, 1453 The Fall of Constantinople