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"The first major event that helped to transform western Europe occurred when the mighty Roman Empire, having grown too big for one emperor to rule, broke apart into the eastern and western parts of the empire."
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"This dreadful plague first appeared in the 500s. In the second half of the 1300s it swept through Europe once again."
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The Eastern Church was called Orthodox. Members of the Orthodox Church thought their beliefs were orthodox, or correct." "Members of the Catholic church thought their beliefs were Catholic or universal."
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"On Christmas day in Westminster Abbey, in the year 1066 CE, the Norman duke was crowned King William I of England. From that moment on, he became known as William the Conqueror."
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"These books later became known as Great Domesday and Little Domesday."
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"Finally, in 1154 CE, 67 years after William's death, his great-grandson, Henry II, became king.
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"Without children to succeed him, Richards youngest brother John became the next king."
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"Places such as Oxford and Cambridge in England, and Paris and France, became important centers of learning."
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"The charter would guarantee a list of rights to the barons, the townspeople, the church, and the freemen."
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"This dreadful plague first appeared in the 500s. In the second half of the 1300s it swept through Europe once again."
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"The Hundred Years' War was not one war, but a series of military encounters that began in 1337 and ended in 1453 CE."
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"The invention of the compass and a navigational tool called the astrolabe enabled sailors to embark on even more daring voyages."
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"On October 25, 1415 CE, a mighty French army faced a much smaller English army.
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"The invention of the printing press in 1450 CE, without a doubt, transformed European society."