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The Fall oF Constantinople
The Byzantine Empire went on for to 330 A.D then they made a good alliance with the Italian city of Genoa, together the Byzantines and Genoa dominated the Mediterranean Sea in the 1200s AD -
476
The Fall Of The Roman Empire
The Roman Empire colsaped in 470. if fall to the visagoth's.The last emperor of Rome Romules. Then their KingCharlemagne, was now an Emperor by decree of the Pope. For the rest of his life he did not use the title Holy Roman Emperor, but instead used the title Emperor of the Franks and Lombards. -
Period: 476 to May 15, 1450
The Middle Ages
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May 16, 700
Vikings
In 860 AD, another branch of Vikings migrated south into Russia to trade with Constantinople. In Russia, the Vikings gradually mixed with the Slavs who were living there and founded the country of Russia. -
May 16, 1028
William The Conqueror
William was duke of Normandy and, as William I, the first Norman king of England. He defeated and killed the last Anglo-Saxon king of England at the Battle of Hastings. -
May 16, 1095
The First Crusade
The First Crusade went on for to 1095 the urban made a speech about the clermont.Then the First Crusade People were wildly enthusiastic. Even children and old women and old men wanted to go. -
May 16, 1215
The Magne Carta
King John signing the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was signed in June 1215 between the barons of Medieval England and King John. 'Magna Carta' is Latin and means "Great Charter". The Magna Carta was one of the most important documents of Medieval England. -
May 16, 1300
Medieval School
Middle Ages, even fewer kids went to school than in the Roman Empire. People were poorer, and kids had to work in the fields weeding and harvesting and taking care of pigs and chickens. Most people never learned to read or write. -
May 16, 1337
100 Year War
French king in the direct Capetian line died in 1328 AD, the English king Edward III, who already held a large part of France, claimed the right to rule all of France - to be the king of France as well as the king of England. At this time Edward III was only eighteen years old. -
May 15, 1348
The Black Death
Then people began to catch a terrible sickness that was spreading along Mongol trade routes from China through Central Asia to Europe beginning in 1328 AD.
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Charlemagne
Charlemagne's name is really Charles le Magne, or Charles the Great. In German they call him Karl der Grosse, which also means Charles the Great. His father, Pippin, left Charlemagne his Frankish empire when he died in 768 AD. The Franks were already very powerful when Pippin died, but Charlemagne made them more powerful still. -
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Charlemagne
Charlemagne's name is really Charles le Magne, or Charles the Great. In German they call him Karl der Grosse, which also means Charles the Great. His father, Pippin, left Charlemagne his Frankish empire when he died in 768 AD. The Franks were already very powerful when Pippin died, but Charlemagne made them more powerful still.
