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The last emperor in the western half of Rome was driven out of his throne. Soon, the western half of Rome was seperated by different tribes.
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The Byzantium Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire. Constantinople was the Byzantium's new capital.
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The emperor of Rome took his capital to Byzantium and left Rome.
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Feudalism was the economic and political system that developed in Europe during the Middle Ages.
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The patriarch of Constantinople wanted to reassert Byantine control of the church. He closed all churches that worshiped western rites. Pope Leo IX was mad and sent a cardinal to Constantinople. The cardinal later excommunicated the patriarch. The patriarch reponded by excommunicating the cardinal. The patriarch did not have the power to excommunicate the cardinal. But it showed that the slpit between the east and the west was complete.
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There were about 30 crusaders that fought in the first crusade. Four nobles lead the first crusade. The crusaders surrounded Jerusalem and the city surrendered. The Christians won.
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As the Muslims started to band together, they fought back more effectively. The captured Edessa. The crusade ended in a failure. An army from Germany was badly beaten.
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The angry barons forced a meeting with King John. They insisted that King John put his seal to the Magna Carta. The carta was an agreement between the barons and the king. The barons agreed that the king could rule. The king agrred to observe common law and traditional rights of barons and the church.
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The Hundred Years' War was the war between England and France. The English Kings had long claimed lands in France as their own land. The French Kings disputed and a war broke out.
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The bubonic plague was a dealdy disease that killed thousands of people. This disease began form Central Asia and spred throughout China, India, the Near East and Europe. People believe that this disease was carried by rats. The fleas bit the rats and got infected. Once the rats died, thn the fleas bit the humans and the humans got the bubonic plague.
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In the beginning of the wars, the English had success and won the first couple of wars. The two countries had a long truce, but King Henry invaded France. But France ended driving the English out.
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The fall of the Byzantium Empire occured in 1453 when it was conquered by the Ottoman Turks.
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In 1492, the city fell, and Muslims lost their last stronghold in Spain.
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The most important ruler of the Franks was Charlemagne. Charlemagne was an extraordinary king that ruled for over 40 years. Charlemagne built his own empire with the help of a pope. He also unified nearly all the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire.
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