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476
The Fall of Rome
The Empire of Rome fell to the Visagoths in the year 476. The Goths was able to blockade the city supply line to "choke" the city of what it needed. The Goths burned down everything. -
476
The beginning of the Dark Ages
Once the Empire of Rome fell, the human race started to decline in all aspects. The technology, agriculture, and economy started to crumble. There was no economy to support a agriculture or to researsh technology. Everyone were in chaos. -
Period: 476 to Jan 1, 1300
The Dark Ages
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Jan 1, 732
The battle of Tours
The battle of tours was fought in north france near the city of Tours. It was fought between the christians and the muslims. The christians won -
Jan 1, 1096
The First Crusades
The first curdase began in the year 1096. The christians were fighting to take back the holy land that the muslim people had contolr over at that point. -
Jan 1, 1129
Knights Templar
The Knights Temnplar wer Christian soliders. They were the most skilled soliders in the Crusades. They were supported and endorced by the Catholic Church. -
Jan 1, 1145
The second Crusade
The second crusade started after the fall of Edessa. That country was founded by the first crusaders. The Land was considered a Crusade land, so the new Crusaders took action. -
Jan 1, 1190
Third Crusade
the third crusade begins. This crusade was known s the Knights Crusade. This crusade was to reconquer the holy land from Saladin. -
Jan 1, 1202
Fourth Crusade
The fourht Crusade was originally intended to conquer Muslim-controlled Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Instead, in April 1204, the Crusaders of Western Europe invaded and conquered the Christian city of Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire -
Jan 1, 1215
Magna Carta
The 1215 Charter required King John of England to proclaim certain liberties, and accept that his will was not arbitrary, for example by explicitly accepting that no "freeman" could be punished except through the law of the land, a right which is still in existence today. The law of the land was the big thing that the people did not liek about it at first. -
Jan 1, 1348
Black Death
The Black Death was one of the most devastating pandemics in human history, peaking in Europe between 1348 and 1350. It had killed about 450 million people by the year 1400. It took about 150 years for the population of Europe to recover.
