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The cause of The Fall of the Western Roman Empire was a string of military losses sustained against outside forces. The Roman Army in the West suffered defeat at the hands of Odoacer and his Germanic foederati.
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Charlemagne was born in Francia and died on 28 January 814 AD. Charlemagne founded the Holy Roman Empire, stimulated European economic and political life, and fostered the cultural revival known as the Carolingian Renaissance.
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On the first crusade on November 27, 1095, Christian knights from Europe capture Jerusalem after seven weeks of siege and begin massacring the city's Muslim and Jewish population.
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Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government were not above the law.
