The Middle Ages

The Fall of Rome

476

The emperor of Rome died in 395 A.D. He left his empire to his two sons. One took the right and one took the left. it didnt take long for the Germans to know that the western part didnt have aa good or strong emperor ruling the halfs and they attacked. They took out the Roman troops and that was the end of the western half of the empire.

The Middle Ages

Period: 476 to Feb 18, 1450

King Arthur

May 16, 600

King Arthur was a real man. Most of his stories are made up though. He was a British leader. He was a great frighter and liked going to war with his troops. He died a great man and many people like him and his stories at battle

William the Conqueror

Sep 9, 1087

William ruled intil he died in 1087. He had a harder time keeping his power. In 1060 he got his power and after that he had a hard time keeping england together.

The First Crusade

Aug 17, 1099

The first crusade was in 1096-1999 AD. This was about the holy land and what tpye of religion it would be in the Middle Ages. Most land was christianity so they wanted the Holy land to convert over to christianity. The first Crusade was a fail but they took back new ideas different foods and spice that many people wanted more of. The frist crusade was also continued with nine more crusades.

Vikings

May 16, 1100

Vikings first start off in the mid-11th centery. They spoke the Old Norse language. They raid, traded and selled other to places. Their boat could go thought swallow water because of nallow ships that they built out of wood. They were very rude and like to take over different places that they never been too.

Magna Carta

Jun 12, 1215

The magna carta was used to make sure that kings didnt get to much power. Before the Magna Carta the kings would think that they could go power crazy. It was written in Laten and it was a law that gave everyone power. It was signed almost 1000 years ago and it was a useful thinng to have.

The 5th Crusade

May 16, 1218

The 5th crusage was by boat to Egypt. The pope made a armiy that was lead by Andrew II of Hungary. The southern part of Egypt teamed up with the northern half and went to war with the crusaders. After moving the war more south the crusades rain out of suppys and when back. So the 5th ccrusade was not a winner.

The Black Death

May 15, 1328

In this time many people got the Black Death. About one out of three got it. People got it from infected fleas or rats bite them. They got blackish colored dots on them. Then they become very sick. Sometimes people would even go into coma. It killed most people it infected. Most people that lived were richer and had more food. The poor would died because of lack of food. People would died about 5 days after being infect with this baectria.

The Fall Of Constantinople to the Ottomen Turks

Aug 6, 1453

Constantinople was the captial of the Eastern Empire. There was a siege that ended Constantinople. This siege was started by the Ottomen troops. IT lasted from Friday April 6 1453 to Tuesday May 29 1453. The fall of Constantinolpe also took away Christdom. This also meant that the Ottomens had a free pass to Europe.

Charlemange

Mar 2, 2022

Charlemange also known as Chargles the Great. Charglemange dad left him the Frankish emperor when he died. The Frankish were powerfully when Charglemange dad died and then Charglemange made them even more powerful. He conquered northern Italy. He believed that he should pretect the Pope and his people that he ruled over and made sure that everyone had food by making the government.