Time line topic 11

By Samanthatren
  • 500

    500CE: Agriculture and Barter Economy

    Economies at this time were based around substinace agriculture and a barter economy. This allowed kings/rulers to extract wealth from peasants. This increased their wealth and allowed them to be more powerful because of it.
  • 876

    876 CE: Basil I

    876 CE: Basil I
    Basil I seized the throne in 867. This is important because he initiated a line of ruthless but competent leaders. These leaders would rule for 200 years.
  • 1050

    1050 CE: Intellectual Life

    1050 CE: Intellectual Life
    At this time only 1% of the population could read. However, most of these citizens were priests. This made the priests powerful because they could read and write which made them important.
  • 1095

    1095 CE: Pope Urban II

    1095 CE: Pope Urban II
    Pope Urban II summoned knights to protect Christians in and near the holy land. This is the beginning of the crusades.
  • 1095

    1095CE: The First Crusade

    1095CE: The First Crusade
    The First Crusade was greatly successful. Knights as well as commoners fought for a shared goal and gained a large amount of land for the empire.
  • 1147

    1147 CE: The Second Crusade

    1147 CE: The Second Crusade
    This crusade was not as successful as the first. In fact, they lost much of the land they conquered previously.
  • 1154

    1154 CE : Henry II

    1154 CE : Henry II
    Henry II created a system of royal sheriffs, circuit courts, and a grand jury system. The sheriffs allowed Henry to carry out his laws and make sure people were obeying. The courts allowed hearing cases of those who have committed crimes, and the Jury system allowed people to be trialed by their peers. This is important because these are all still used today
  • 1189

    1189 - 1192 CE: The Teutonic Knights

    1189 - 1192 CE: The Teutonic Knights
    Sometime during the 3rd crusade, a group of knights joined together to make The Teutonic Knights. They originally focused on defending the Holy Land but later switched to leading crusades against the pagan people.
  • 1199

    1199 CE: The Fourth Crusade

    1199 CE: The Fourth Crusade
    The fourth crusade was one of the most disastrous. This is because, on the way to Jerusalem, they stopped to intervene in the succession in Constantinople. They completely ignored their main goal and the only positive effects from this were the further weakening of Byzantium.
  • 1352

    1352 CE: Invasions in Greece

    1352 CE: Invasions in Greece
    The Turks were able to take a large portion of Byzantium. This increased their range of rules.