Middle Ages Timeline

  • 476

    Start of the Middle Ages

    Start of the Middle Ages
    This is the year , it is said that the Middle ages began.
  • Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1500

    Middle Ages

  • Jan 1, 600

    Islamic Caliphates invaded

    Islamic Caliphates invaded
    The Islamic Caliphates conquered the swaths of the formal Roman territory.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    High Middle Ages

    High Middle Ages
    This is when the "High Middle Ages" began.
  • Jan 1, 1000

    Kingdom of Hungary is recognized

    Kingdom of Hungary is recognized
    A christian Kingdom of Hungary was recognized in Central Europe. Also, besides the brief invasion of the Mongols, major invasions stopped.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    Late Middle Ages

    Late Middle Ages
    This is when the onset of the modern era started.
  • Jan 1, 1300

    The good things that were happening stopped.

    The good things that were happening stopped.
    Centuries of growth and prosperity all the sudden came to a stop. This is when a series of famines and plagues began. For instance, The great famine(1315-1317) and the black death.
  • Jan 1, 1453

    Trade was cut off.

    Trade was cut off.
    The ability to trade was cut off in Eastern Europe because of the growth of the Ottoman Empire.
  • Jan 1, 1500

    The middles ages end.

    The middles ages end.
    This is the approximate time that the middle ages finally ended.
  • Early middle ages

    Early middle ages
    The early middle ages followed the decline of the Western Roman Empire, which is labeled the Dark Ages.
  • Title of emperor was revived.

    Title of emperor was revived.
    The title of emperor was revived in Western Europe by Charlemagne, because of him Europe experienced a return to a systematic agriculture.