Middle Ages (gabrIELA eSPARZA

MIDDLE AGES

Period: 400 to Oct 14, 1500

islam is founded

Oct 14, 610

islam was founded by muhammad around 622 c.e. Islamic teaching is that the angel gabriel read the first revelation to of the islamic faith to muhammad in mecca during the ninth month on the muslim calendar.

BATTLE OF TOURS

Oct 16, 732

The battle of tours was fought between the cities of poiters and tours located in north central france near the village of moussais la bataille. The location of the battle was close to the border between the frankish realm and then independent aquatine.

vikings discover the new world

Oct 14, 1000

they ventured from their sandavanian homeland to pillage the coast of northern europe. THe vikings traded all over europe and as far as central asia. The vikings were brave soldiers and explorers.They found their way by looking for landmarks such as islands and distant mountains. A viking called bjarni herjolfsson discovered america by accident in the year 985

Battle of hastings

Oct 14, 1066

the battle of hastings took place at a site not known as battle on october 14 1066. Harold drew up his army in three wedges on senlac ridge , overlooking the battle field. With him ha had little more than 5000 footsore and weary men ranged against a norman force up to a 15,000 infantry archers and cavalry.

The first crusade

Oct 14, 1096

it was a speech made outside clermont ferrand that pope urban II called for a crusade to claim the holy city of jerusalem for christianity, and wrest it from islamic control.

MAGNA CARTA

Oct 14, 1215

First document forced onto an england king. on the 19 june 1215 at runneymede king john signed the magna carta. It was the first formal document stating that a king had to follow the laws of the land and it guaranteed the rights of individuals against the wishes of the king. This meant people could'nt be arrested, imoprisioned of hav their possesions taken away except by the jusgement of his equals. This lead the way for trial by jury.

Marco polo

Oct 16, 1254

marco polo was born in around 1254 into a wealthy and cosmopolitan venetian merchant family . Around 1292 the polos offered to a company a mongol princess who was to become the consort of arghun khan in persia.

Black plague

Oct 16, 1348

the first outbreak of plague swept across england in 1348- 1349. The black plague was one of the most devastating pandedics in human history. Peaking in europe between 1348 and 1350.

St. benedict

Mar 2, 2022

Christian saint honored by the roman catholic church. St benedict had a rule. Seventy three short chapters compromise trhe rule. About one fourth regulate the work of god. One thenth outline how and by whom the monastery should be managed.

CAROLINGIAN Renaissance

Mar 2, 2022

in the history of ideas the carolingian renaissance stands out as a period of intellectual and cultural revival in europe occuring from the late 8th century. During this period there was an increase of literature writing, the arts, architecture.

justian"s code

Mar 2, 2022

codification of existing roman laws. Was thde result of emperor justianan's desire that existing roman law be collected into a simple and clear system of laws, or code, tribonian a legal minister under justinian, lead a group of scholars in a 14c month effort to codify existing roman law.