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The Fall of Rome marks the beginning of the Middle Ages. In 476 AD emperor, Romulus Augustulus, is deposed by the barbarian general Odoacer. This even marks the end of one period, and the beginning of another.
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Schools were founded in monesteries in 537 A.D. The first school opened up in Italy and started to slowly, yet efficiently spread throughout the world.
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The prophet of Islam, Muhammad was born on June 8, 570.
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The expansion of Islam began in 632 after the death of Prophet Muahmmad. Military conquests of the Islamic Community's oponants caused non believers to conver to Islam.
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A wave of invaders came from the North, who were were skilled craftsmen, navigators and sailors. They were called vikings. They invaded Europe starting with a small island off the East coast of England.
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Jabir Ibn Hayyan was a Muslim polymath: a chemist and alchemist, astronomer and astrologer, engineer, geographer, philosopher, physicist, and pharmacist and physician. He arranged the chemical elements.
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Charlemange is know as the Emperor of Education, promoted education because he felt it would better people's lifestyles and help them improve in many things, like their jobs.
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Al Haytham was a scientist, polymath, mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. He was the founder of optemetry.
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Avicenna was a Persian polymath, he wrote the Cannon of Medicine.
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The Crusades were military campaigns organized by the Roman Catholic Church, it was made to recover Holy Land from the Muslims.
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In 1170, wheelbarrows were invented for construction, mining, and farming
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The Black Plague (Death) killed an estimated 75 to 200 million people in the Middle Ages. The Black pPlague is said to be originated from Central Asia and it traveled through rats and fleas.
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The Silk Roads were routes that connected Europe and Mediterranean Seas to the Asian world for trade.
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Contantinople was an ancient city in modern Turkey. On May 29, a massacre occured.
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Leonardo Da Vinci is still one of the most famous artists of all time. His world wide known painting is called the Mona Lisa. Da Vinci affected the style of art starting in the middle ages and he continues to be an inspiration to many.
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Columbus and his three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria sailed out west (originally on a mission to reach Asia). Further on in the trip, Columbus stumbled upon the Bahamas.
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The Renaissance period begins in Europe. It marks the end of the Middle Ages. The Renaissance was a term coined by Petrarch which means a rebirth of classical Greek and Roman ideals.
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Al-Khwarizmi was a Persian mathematician, astronomer and geographer who made the use of indian numerals popular.
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Al Razi was a a Persian polymath, physician, alchemist and chemist, and philosopher. He discovered the difference between Smallpox and the Measles.
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After Charlemagne's son passed, the kingdom is split into 3. Raids and warfare were created and kingships were created for protection.
