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476
Fall of Roman Empire
The fall of the Roman Empire was caused because the rise of Christianity. The Barbarians invaded Rome. They destroyed, burned down houses, making their way through the city. This was the first time that Rome was attacked. Source: www.timetoast.com -
Period: 476 to 1450
The Middle Ages
This was also known as the Dark ages because their was really no great ideas going around at that time period. When Rome fell the catholic church became the most powerful. Source: www.history.com -
1095
The Crusades
The crusades were wars mainly between the Christians an the Muslims. They were a series of religious wars. The Crusaders conquered and took over many cities along the Mediterranean coast. Source: www.metmuseum.org -
Period: 1450 to
The Renaissance
This was a period of lots of art, architecture, and etc. There were many scholars during this period. Their were many famous people during this time, like Leonardo da Vinci and Michelangelo. Source: en.wikipedia.org -
1517
Protestant Reformation
This was during the 16th century and people argued about religion in Europe. They argued if the Catholic church was defining Christianity. They eventually got in wars because they did not think the Catholic church was defining Christianity. Source: www.history.com -
Period: to
The age of Enlightment
People thought they were killing culture after the Middle Ages. This was a big break of science that people were finding out. They found out new things that involved culture and science. Source: www.livescience.com -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was when the people of France took over the government. The people had to pay lots of taxes while the monarchs did not have to. The people stormed the Bastille and broke out fighting the French government and trying to overthrow them. Souce: www.ducksters.com -
French Revolution
The French Revolution was when the king was taxes the poor people to much. They did not like it so they overthrew the king. They stormed the Bastille and took over the king. Source: www.pbs.org -
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was when people shifted into factories more. They invented many new machines. More people got more money because they shifted to factories and not being farmers anymore. Source: www.britannica.com -
World War 1
It started because of the assassination of Arhduke Franz Ferdinand. Mustard gas had a big effect on World War 1. It killed everyone that was in it and nothing could stop it from killing everyone. Source: www.Historykids.net -
World War 2
World War 2 was when Germany and Adolf Hitler tried to take over every country. He put over 6 million Jews in concentration camps. This was called the Holocaust. Hitler died when he knew Germany would lose, so he killed himself. Sorce: www.cnn.com -
The Cold War
The Cold War was between the United States and the Soviet Union. They had a race to getting to the moon putting in satellites and etc. The first object ever to get to the moon was created by the soviets. The first man on the moon was from the United states and his name was Neil Armstrong. Source: http://prospect.org -
Nato/Warsaw Pact
Nato stand for North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Their were 11 Western countries and the United States that created Nato. This was an alliance between the military in Western Europe between the countries. Sorce: www.history.com -
Fall of the Berlin Wall
The wall was torn down in 1991. They wanted Berlin to be one and not split up by the wall. They let the GDR (German Democratic Republic) brake threw the wall and go on the other side. Lots of people took pieces of the wall to keep. Source: www.iwm.org.uk -
Collapse of the Soviet Union
In the Soviet Union the conditions were not doing the best. Gorbachevś decision in the Soviet Union, changed to Russia. There was a lot of communism in the Soviet Union so they tried to switch to be Russia. Source: history.state.gov -
The Creation of the European Union
The European Union involves 28 countries. All the 28 countries want to integrate together as a whole. They wanted to be closer in Social, Economic, and political reasons.
