Social Studies Timeline

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  • Period: 800 BCE to 500

    The Cradle of Democracy

    The Cradle of Democracy
  • 753 BC- Rome Founded
    753 BCE

    753 BC- Rome Founded

    Romulus and Remus mythology
  • 594 BC- The origin of Athens Democracy
    594 BCE

    594 BC- The origin of Athens Democracy

    Direct Democracy
  • 509 BC- The origin of the Roman Republic
    509 BCE

    509 BC- The origin of the Roman Republic

    Representative Democracy
  • 313 AD
    313

    313 AD

    Christianity is made a legal religion throughout Europe
  • 476 AD
    476

    476 AD

    Rome is destroyed by Germanic Tribes/Barbarians
  • Period: 500 to 1500

    The Middle Ages

    The Middle Ages
  • 880 AD
    880

    880 AD

    Feudalism is widely practiced throughout Europe
  • 1088 AD
    1088

    1088 AD

    The first university is established in Bologna, Italy
  • 1095 AD- The Crusades
    1095

    1095 AD- The Crusades

    Holy wars encouraged by the Church
  • 1215 AD
    1215

    1215 AD

    King John of England signs the Magna Carta
  • 1347 AD
    1347

    1347 AD

    Bubonic Plague spreads throughout Europe
  • 1400 AD
    1400

    1400 AD

    Renaissance begins with Michelangelo & DaVinci
  • Period: 1400 to

    The Renaissance

    The Renaissance
  • 1450 AD
    1450

    1450 AD

    Gutenberg invents movable type printing press
  • 1453 AD
    1453

    1453 AD

    Copernicus publishes his ideas on astronomy
  • 1492 AD
    1492

    1492 AD

    Columbus discovers the New World
  • 1609 AD

    1609 AD

    Galileo Galilei makes advancements on the telescope