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the western roman empire fell because of many reasons. it was too large to look after and mange. another reason was because of the multiple attacks including the fierce Germanic tribes known as the Goths and the Vandals. -
Charlemagne was the king of franks and lombards, and the holy roman empire. He is among the best-known and most influential figures of the Early Middle Ages for his military successes which united most of Western Europe. -
the first crusade was a military campaign by western European forces to recapture the city of Jerusalem and the Holy Land from Muslim control. -
the magna carta is a document that was signed by king john in 1215. This document promised the english political liberties that were drafted at Runnymede, a meadow near the river thames -
the great famine occurred in Ireland when the potato crop failed in successive years. The crop failures were caused by late blight, a disease that destroys both the leaves and the edible roots, or tubers, of the potato plant.
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the black death was a plague pandemic which devastated medieval Europe from 1347 to 1352 CE, killing an estimated 25-30 million people. It was known as the Black Death because it could turn the skin and sores black while other symptoms included fever and joint pains.
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The Great Schism of 1054 was the breakup of the Christian church into two. the western, and the eastern. These two sections were to turn into the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church.