middle ages in the western world

By faze_eugine
  • Period: 408 to 450

    German scholar, Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen uses the term "Silkroad" (Seidenstrasse) for the first time

    Disappaerance of Rome in the West, growing Hun penetration south of Danube.
  • 451

    Council of Chalcedon, Marcian's rule

    Church council declaring Monophysitism to be heresy, Marcian's rejection of Hun tribute demands.