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500
Germanic Tribes Dominte Wetsern Europe
Throughout the 500s, the germanic tribes dominated Western Europe. The army would try to carve out the region into smaller kingdoms and un-unite it. In a result of this, the Germans would have more control on how the empire is run. -
Jan 1, 732
Battle of Tours
During the Battle of Tours in 732, the two opposing teams were the Christians and Muslims. The Christians wanted the muslims to stop coming into Europe. After the battle, the Franks won. Some argued that if Charlemagne were to have failed, there would not be as much force on the muslims to protect Western Europe. -
Jan 1, 1000
Middle Class Formed
In the year 1000, the merchants, traders, and artisans all came together to form the middle class. This class was between the lower(peasants) and higher(nobles.) The other classes despised this class because they thought that lending money, and trading was immoral, especially the Christian clergy. -
Jan 1, 1100
Feudal Warfare and Foreign Invasions Declined
In 1100, because of the European population growth, changes had to take place. The feudal warfare that they had to develop and the foreign invasions declined and people felt safe again. -
Muslims, Battle of Tours Lead up
The muslims were taking victory of many different empires. For example, they had just won over the Middle East. This was important because this event led up to the Battle of Tours. -
Charlemagne became King of Franks
In 768, Charles Martel became the king of France. He also built an empire across most of Europe, while briefly united them. He later became known as Charlemagne or Charles the Great. His conquests of other empires reunited most of the western Roman Empire. -
Charlemagne crowned emperor by pope unites western europe, christian empire
Charlemagne being crowned emperor was important because his kingdom was recognized by the Pope as the largest empire in Europe since the Roman Empire. Once he had his empire, he expanded and the France state he founded is called the Carolingian Empire. -
Peasants using Iron Plows
The 800s were an important time because the peasants were using iron plow that helped the heavy soil in Europe. These types of inventions were what progressed the country and brought more technology to farming. These plows were a very big improvement from the wooden plows they were using before, in the sense that they were easier to use. This invention was very great in the use of the F -
Charlemagne dies
This was obviously a very important time because a great ruler died. He was very healthy until the last four years of his life when he suffered from severe fevers and had a limp. In 813, he gave the reign to his son Louis as co-emperor until Charlemagne would pass. When Charles died at the age of 71, Louis took full power and his empire took most of western Europe. -
Otto the Great crowned emperor of Rome
Otto was crowned Emperor of Rome in 962 and was known as a ferocious fighter and shrewd politician. In 951, Otto invaded Italy and he allowed the king to still run Italy, however under his rules. This shows that although Otto would defeat other empires and conquer them, he was still reasonable. At the end of Otto’s reign, he became known as the first of the Holy roman emperors and the most powerful ruler of Europe in his time.
