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476
The Fall of the Roman Empire
1.Invasions by Barbarian tribes
2.Economic troubles and overreliance on slave labor
3.The rise of the Eastern Empire
4.Overexpansion and military overspending
5.Government corruption and political instability
6.The arrival of the Huns and the migration of the Barbarian tribes
7.Christianity and the loss of traditional values
8. Weakening of the Roman legions
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Period: 476 to May 15, 1450
The Middle Ages
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May 16, 676
Magna Carta
By 1215, thanks to years of unsuccessful foreign policies and heavy taxation demands, England’s King John was facing down a possible rebellion by the country’s powerful barons. -
Aug 19, 1066
William the Conqueror
William I, usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the Bastard, was the first Norman King of England, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. -
Aug 15, 1096
The First Crusade
The crusaders first gathered in Constantinople in fall 1096. They besieged Nicaea while Kilij Arslan was away (the city surrendered to Alexius), and later defeated an army commanded by Kilij Arslan at Dorlyaeum. -
May 19, 1337
100 Years War
The name the Hundred Years’ War has been used by historians since the beginning of the nineteenth century to describe the long conflict that pitted the kings and kingdoms of France and England against each other from 1337 to 1453. Two factors lay at the origin of the conflict: first, the status of the duchy of Guyenne (or Aquitaine)-though it belonged to the kings of England, it remained a fief of the French crown, and the kings of England wanted independent possession; second, as the closest re -
Oct 1, 1347
The Black Death
The Black Death came to Europe by sea in October 1347 when 12 Genoese trading ships landed at the Sicilian port of Messina after a long journey through the Black Sea. The people who got on the docks to greet the ships were met with a horrifying surprise: Most of the sailors aboard the ships were dead and the people who were still alive were very ill. -
Charlemagne
Charlemagne (c.742-814), also known as Karl and Charles the Great, was a medieval emperor who ruled much of Western Europe from 768 to 814.
