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476
Fall Of The Roman Empire
The last emperor in the west was overthrown by Odoacer and this was important because a lot of European culture comes from the roman time -
476
The Middle Ages
Began with the fall of Western Roman Empire and merged into the renaissance . The begining of this time is called dark ages -
Period: 1300 to
Renaissance
Started as a cultural movement. they say the renaissance was a time of beauty and great art -
Period: 1517 to
Protestant Reformation
Was a religious movement for the Roman catholic church. The protestant reformation caused countries to divide and claimed different territory -
Period: to
The Age Of Enlightenment
Movement that dominated the ideas of Europe during the 18th century. Produced many books, essays, invention, scientific discoveries and wars -
Period: to
Industrial Revolution
The time factories stop doing hand work and started using machines.It was good because it brought new technology but also bad because people lost jobs -
Period: to
WW1
The first war that was suppose end all wars. Started behind Germany and started in Europe -
Period: to
WW2
Th great depression was a effect of WW2. japan and china and 1939 invaded Poland which led Britain and France to declare war on on the Nazi -
Period: to
Cold War
Some tension after world war 2 between he eastern bloc and western bloc (Soviet Union) -
Period: to
Creation Of European Union
European coal and steel community started uniting countries in order to decrease the number of wars. Its main goal was to promote human rights -
Warsaw Pact
A military Treaty between several Eastern European countries such as, Soviet Union, Albania, Bulgaria, ect. -
Fall Of The Berlin Wall
Removed walls that were separating the eastern from the western side of the wall -
Period: to
collapse of the soviet union
Gorbachev resigned his spot as president of the Soviet Union, Now Boris Yeltsin is president of the independent Russian state.