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Middle/Dark Ages Timeline

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  • Vandals Sack Rome
    455

    Vandals Sack Rome

    The Roman made a treaty with the Vandals in which they broke, later on, it led to them capturing the city of Carthage.
  • Clovis Merovingian Dynasty Starts
    481

    Clovis Merovingian Dynasty Starts

    Clovis ensured that France would become a Roman Catholic country and helped to establish many of France's cultural traits. They wanted to expand beyond France´s borders.
  • Benedict Of Nursia
    516

    Benedict Of Nursia

    He established a rule that would become the norm for innumerable Christian monks and nuns. He is known as a saint of Europe.
  • Saint Bede
    731

    Saint Bede

    He was a great scholar one of his most popular books is ¨Ecclesiastical History of the English People¨, which was like a talk about Christianity.
  • Battle Of Tours
    732

    Battle Of Tours

    The battle was fought to stop the advancement of Islam from the Iberian Peninsula, it also stopped the Islam conquests.
  • Missi Dominici
    768

    Missi Dominici

    They were given that name because they basically served the lord. Their job was to act as inspectors of the general and to investigate the behavior of royal officials.
  • Massacre Of Verden
    782

    Massacre Of Verden

    This occurred due to the fact that King Charlemagne was trying to act like a true king in which was inspired by the bible.
  • Vikings Attack Lindisfarne
    793

    Vikings Attack Lindisfarne

    The Vikings had gone to kill the monks and steal the monastery´s treasure. Since the Vikings were warriors it got ugly very soon.
  • Charlemagne Dies
    814

    Charlemagne Dies

    Charlemagne’s empire encompassed much of Western Europe, and he had also ensured the survival of Christianity in the West.
  • Al- Khwarizmi
    820

    Al- Khwarizmi

    He made important contributions to astronomy, He also developed an instrument used to determine time by observations of the Sun.
  • King Alfred Of England
    878

    King Alfred Of England

    He prevented the falling of England to the Danes and promoted learning and literacy.
  • Muhammad Al-Razi
    895

    Muhammad Al-Razi

    He was one of the first people to be able to tell apart different diseases, he wrote a book about smallpox and measles in which explained clearly what they were.
  • Ibn Zuhur
    1011

    Ibn Zuhur

    He introduced the idea of the experimental method into surgery, he was one of the first to practice on animals before applying them to humans.
  • Battle Of Hastings
    Oct 14, 1066

    Battle Of Hastings

    This was a battle that was fought over someone from France wanting to be king in England.
  • Domesday Book
    1086

    Domesday Book

    A book that is filled with records of English lands, and landholdings.
  • Genghis Khan
    1162

    Genghis Khan

    He established one of the world's greatest empires, he also conquered large parts of central Asia and China.
  • Magna Carta
    1215

    Magna Carta

    It was the first document to be put into writing a principle that the king and government weren't above the law.
  • Sundisata Keita
    1235

    Sundisata Keita

    He was the first ruler of Mali, He laid the foundation for a powerful and wealthy African empire and proclaimed the first charter of human rights.
  • Marco Polo
    1271

    Marco Polo

    Marco traveled much of China and the east, and his stories were written into a popular book, most of it contributed to trade especially since he went through the silk road.
  • Mansa Musa Journey For The Hajj
    1324

    Mansa Musa Journey For The Hajj

    The journey exposed Mali to Europe and the Middle East. He also carried pounds of gold, which meant intense wealth to his empire.
  • Jani Beg Siege Of Kaffa/Caffa
    1343

    Jani Beg Siege Of Kaffa/Caffa

    He commanded a massive Crimean Tatar force that attacked the Crimean port city of Kaffa.
  • Guy De Chauliac
    1348

    Guy De Chauliac

    He claimed to have been infected and survived a disease. Chauliac distinguished between the two forms of the disease, the Bubonic Plague and the Pneumonic Plague.
  • Geoffrey Chaucer
    1387

    Geoffrey Chaucer

    In the book ¨The Canterbury Tales¨ he translated the book from French to English.
  • Christine De Pisan
    1405

    Christine De Pisan

    She was a writer, she wanted women to have equal rights. In her works, she wrote about how women can easily play an important role in a ¨mans world¨.
  • Joan Of Arc
    1429

    Joan Of Arc

    She was a peasant who eventually led the French army into a victory. She helped structure the fact that even women could fight in a war.