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Fall of Rome, end of the Western Roman Empire, and mass migration4
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Germanic kingdoms and high point of the Byzantine Empire.
Birth and spread of Islam.
Carolingian empire -
The King of the Franks,Clovis, defeaed the Visigoths at Vouillé
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The first caliphs were members of Muhammad's family.
They controlled the Arabian Peninsula.
They defeated the Byzantine Empire.
They subdued the Neo-Persian Empire. -
After a civil war, the position of caliph passed to the Umayyad dynasty, who governed from they capital in Damascus.
they failed to conquer Constantinople and they were also stoppedv by the Franks at the Battle of Poiters. -
The mayor of the palace, Charles Martel, defeated the Muslims at Poitier and stopped their expansion in Europe
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After another civil war, the position of caliph passed to the Abbasaid dynasty, who moved the capital to Baghdad.
THE CRISIS OF THE CALIPHATE(10th CENTURY)
From the 10th century onwards, frequent civil wars limited economic development. The empire was divided into several indendent caliphates, who governed al-Andalus. They were an Asian people who had converted to Islam. -
Pippin the Younger became King of the Franks
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Charlemagne was crowned emperor
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Charlemagne died and his son Louis the Pious succeeded him
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Louis' sons divided up the empire in Treaty of Verdun
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Otto I established the Holy Roman Empire
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Feudal system.
Frist Crusades.
Romanesque art. -
Development of trade.
Gothic art.
Black Death. -
Sailors and Muslim mechants spread Islam beyond the borders of the caliphate. This ocurred south of the Sahara, on the east coast of Africa, and in India, Indonesia. the Philippines, Central Asia and western China.
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Fall of Constantinople, end of Byzantine Empire and beginning of the Renaissance
