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Period: 1096 to 1291
The crusades
It was a series of wars between the Muslims and Christians which began because both of them wanted to have control of the Holy sites. -
1097
Siege of Antioch
Antioch on the crusaders path to palestine. The city was strategically located so it could be used for supplies and other reasons. That is why the Crusaders decided to seek control over the city and siege it on Oct. 21, 1097 -
1099
Siege of Jerusalem
After achieving several successes of the lands surrounding Jerusalem the forces finally struck and successfully breached city walls and forced an entry. This was successful because fatimid forces were defeated and most of city inhabitants put to the sword -
1147
Siege of Lisbon
The capture of the city Lisbon from the Almoravid Muslims was a by-product of the second crusade of the Holy land and one of few Christian victories of that campaign. It was a turning point in the history of Portugal because it mutated from being a subordinate kingdom -
1148
Siege of Damascus
During the Siege the Zengid ruler came upon the Crusader army with reinforcements and attacked it. The crusaders were forced to retreat which resulted in Crusader defeat. -
1187
Battle of Hattin
Took place after the second crusade and just before the third. Muslim forces used devices to weaken the Crusader army and then a crushing defeat on it. Crusader leaders were either captured or killed. -
Period: 1346 to 1353
The Black Death
The Black death was a plague that killed about 25 to 50 million people. All across Europe people died horribly. -
1382
Ireland is Greatly affected by Plague
Black Plague returns in Europe and takes a heavy toll on Ireland. -
Period: 1400 to 1495
Early renaissance
It was an era of sculpture, architecture, and paintings. It is also where naturalistic styles and humanist theories were evolved. -
Period: 1476 to 1500
Age of Exploration
This began when Europeans started exploring the world by sea in search of goods and knowledge. -
1492
Columbus Discovered America
Christopher Columbus' voyage to find western trade route to Asia . Columbus landed in the Caribbean in 1492, convinced that he has reached East Asia but his voyage opens the Americas to later European explorers -
Period: 1495 to 1527
High Renaissance
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1501
Politics and the Reformation 1501- 1550
Europe was divided along confessional, as well as territorial lines. The period led to warfare within most states and between many. This and especially the Thirty Years War from 1618 to 1648 decimated Europe. -
1516
The Mona Lisa was painted.
Leonardo da Vinci started painting the Mona Lisa in 1503 in an italian city but then in 1516 he was invited by the King Francois to work in France. So he finished it there some scholars believed and it has remained there. -
Period: 1517 to
The Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th- century religious, political ,cultural, intellectual upheaval that splintered catholic Europe, setting in place the structures and beliefs that would the continent in the modern era. -
Period: 1527 to
Late Renaissance
Where Europe got some of the grandest sonorous music that was composed with multiple singers, choirs, and strings. -
1550
1550 and Beyond: The peace of Augsburg
It was temporarily eased the tensions arising from the reformation, by allowing the legal co- existence of protestants and catholics in the Holy Roman Empire. -
Period: 1550 to
Scientific Revolution
It was an era in which new ideas such as chemistry, medicine, physics and biology were brought in and paved the way for modern science. -
The Barometer
The invention of the barometer was discovered by Evangelista, it measured air pressure.